Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mate

3 senses of mate

Sense 1
copulate, mate, pair, couple -- (engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring")
       => join, conjoin -- (make contact or come together; "The two roads join here")

Sense 2
match, mate, couple, pair, twin -- (bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project")
       => join, bring together -- (cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together")

Sense 3
checkmate, mate -- (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

Antonyms of adj mated

3 senses of mated

Sense 1
mated (vs. unmated) -- (mated sexually)

unmated (vs. mated) -- (not mated sexually)
        => mateless -- (not mated sexually)

Sense 2
mated, paired -- (used of gloves, socks, etc.)

INDIRECT (VIA matched) -> mismatched -- (either not matched or unsuitably matched)

Sense 3
mated -- (of or relating to a marriage partner)

INDIRECT (VIA married) -> unmarried, single -- (not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?")

Similarity of adj mated

3 senses of mated

Sense 1
mated (vs. unmated) -- (mated sexually)
       => paired -- (mated sexually)
          Also See-> married#1; matched#2

Sense 2
mated, paired -- (used of gloves, socks, etc.)
       => matched (vs. mismatched) -- (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)

Sense 3
mated -- (of or relating to a marriage partner)
       => married (vs. unmarried) -- (joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple")

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