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holding a candle to synonyms

Trying to find another word for holding a candle to in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of holding a candle to in 37 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for holding a candle to alphabetically.

  • assay
  • beat a dead horse
  • chew over
  • confab
  • consider
  • estimate
  • evaluate
  • figure
  • figure out
  • get down to brass tacks
  • hash
  • inspect
  • interpret
  • investigate
  • judge
  • kick around
  • rehash
  • resolve
  • scrutinize
  • sort out
  • access
  • accession
  • advance
  • advent
  • avenue
  • coming
  • drawing near
  • entrance
  • gate
  • landing
  • nearing
  • passage
  • path
  • reaching
  • road
  • way
  • antithesis
  • correspondence
  • counterbalance
  • equity
  • equivalence
  • even-steven
  • evenness
  • hang
  • harmony
  • parity
  • proportion
  • stasis
  • symmetry
  • tension
  • brace
  • cantilever
  • girder
  • joint
  • reinforcement
  • strut
  • adduce
  • analogize
  • assemble
  • bracket
  • collect
  • compare
  • compose
  • contrast
  • examine
  • gather
  • group
  • match
  • order
  • relate
  • verify
  • accost
  • affront
  • beard
  • brave
  • call one's bluff
  • come up against
  • dare
  • defy
  • encounter
  • face down
  • face up to
  • face with
  • flout
  • front
  • go one-on-one
  • go up against
  • make my day
  • meet
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball
  • oppose
  • acknowledge
  • allow for
  • assent to
  • chew over
  • cogitate
  • concede
  • consult
  • contemplate
  • deal with
  • deliberate
  • dream of
  • envisage
  • examine
  • excogitate
  • favor
  • flirt with
  • grant
  • inspect
  • keep in mind
  • look at
  • aim
  • aspire to
  • brood over
  • chew over
  • consider
  • cool out
  • deliberate
  • design
  • envisage
  • excogitate
  • expect
  • foresee
  • intend
  • kick around
  • mean
  • meditate on
  • mind
  • mull over
  • muse over
  • observe
  • adverse
  • antithesis
  • comparison
  • contradiction
  • contradistinction
  • contraposition
  • contrariety
  • converse
  • differentiation
  • disagreement
  • disparity
  • dissimilarity
  • dissimilitude
  • distinction
  • divergence
  • diversity
  • foil
  • heterogeneity
  • incompatibility
  • incongruousness
  • associate
  • be on same wavelength
  • connect
  • coordinate
  • correspond
  • have good vibes
  • interact
  • parallel
  • relate mutually
  • tie in
  • tune in on
  • abscind
  • bisect
  • branch
  • break
  • break down
  • carve
  • chop
  • cleave
  • cross
  • cut
  • cut up
  • demarcate
  • detach
  • dichotomize
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • disjoin
  • dislocate
  • dismember
  • dissect
  • according
  • balanced
  • break even
  • commensurate
  • comparable
  • coordinate
  • correspondent
  • corresponding
  • double
  • duplicate
  • egalitarian
  • equivalent
  • evenly matched
  • fifty-fifty
  • homologous
  • identic
  • identical
  • indistinguishable
  • invariable
  • level
  • appraise
  • assay
  • audit
  • canvass
  • case
  • check
  • check out
  • chew over
  • consider
  • criticize
  • delve into
  • dig into
  • explore
  • eye
  • finger
  • frisk
  • go into
  • go over
  • go through
  • gun
  • adhere
  • attach
  • be fastened
  • be in mid-air
  • be loose
  • be pendent
  • be poised
  • beetle
  • bend
  • bow
  • cling
  • cover
  • dangle
  • deck
  • decorate
  • depend
  • drape
  • drift
  • droop
  • drop
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • match up
  • measure
  • observe
  • audit
  • canvass
  • case
  • catechize
  • check out
  • clock
  • eye
  • give the once-over
  • go over
  • go through
  • inquire
  • interrogate
  • investigate
  • kick the tires
  • look over
  • notice
  • observe
  • oversee
  • probe
  • question
  • appose
  • bring near
  • bring together
  • connect
  • pair
  • place in proximity
  • set side by side
  • bout
  • contest
  • engagement
  • event
  • game
  • meet
  • race
  • rivalry
  • sport
  • test
  • trial
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • hold a candle to
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • measure
  • observe
  • admeasurement
  • admensuration
  • allotment
  • allowance
  • amount
  • amplification
  • amplitude
  • area
  • bang
  • breadth
  • bulk
  • capacity
  • degree
  • depth
  • dimension
  • distance
  • duration
  • extent
  • fix
  • frequency
  • beam
  • behold
  • catch
  • contemplate
  • detect
  • dig
  • discern
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • eagle-eye
  • espy
  • examine
  • eyeball
  • flash
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • inspect
  • keep one's eye on
  • lamp
  • look at
  • argue
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bar
  • battle
  • bombard
  • call in question
  • check
  • combat
  • confront
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • counter
  • counterattack
  • cross
  • debate
  • defy
  • deny
  • disagree
  • alongside
  • coextending
  • coextensive
  • coordinate
  • equidistant
  • extending equally
  • in the same direction
  • lateral
  • laterally
  • never meeting
  • running alongside
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • hold a candle to
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • match up
  • measure
  • appraise
  • brood
  • build castles in air
  • cerebrate
  • cogitate
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • daydream
  • debate
  • deliberate
  • dwell
  • evaluate
  • examine
  • excogitate
  • figure
  • give thought to
  • meditate
  • mind
  • moon
  • mull
  • battling
  • combatant
  • combating
  • competing
  • competitive
  • conflicting
  • contending
  • contesting
  • cutthroat
  • disputing
  • emulating
  • emulous
  • equal
  • opposed
  • striving
  • vying
  • browse
  • check
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • dip into
  • examine
  • flash
  • flip through
  • give the once-over
  • glance at
  • glance over
  • have a look-see
  • inquire
  • investigate
  • leaf through
  • look
  • look through
  • look up and down
  • overlook
  • regard
  • analyze
  • burn up
  • candle
  • canvass
  • case
  • check
  • check out
  • check over
  • comb
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • dig
  • dissect
  • explore
  • eyeball
  • get a load of
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb
  • inquire into
  • inspect
  • investigate
  • choose
  • close off
  • cut off
  • disconnect
  • dissociate
  • divide
  • insulate
  • island
  • isolate
  • quarantine
  • select
  • sequester
  • set apart
  • sever
  • single out
  • split up
  • abstracted
  • apart
  • apportioned
  • asunder
  • cut apart
  • cut in two
  • detached
  • disassociated
  • discrete
  • disembodied
  • disjointed
  • distant
  • distributed
  • disunited
  • divergent
  • divided
  • divorced
  • far between
  • free
  • in halves
  • break off
  • come between
  • disaffect
  • disunite
  • divide
  • divorce
  • estrange
  • make indifferent
  • part
  • separate
  • turn away
  • turn off
  • wean
  • withdraw the affections of
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • hold a candle to
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • match up
  • measure
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • hold a candle to
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • match up
  • measure
  • abstraction
  • academic work
  • analyzing
  • application
  • attention
  • class
  • cogitation
  • comparison
  • concentration
  • consideration
  • contemplation
  • course
  • cramming
  • debate
  • deliberation
  • examination
  • exercise
  • inquiry
  • inspection
  • investigation
  • blow
  • brush
  • caress
  • collision
  • communication
  • contact
  • contingence
  • crash
  • cuddling
  • embrace
  • feel
  • feeling
  • fondling
  • graze
  • grope
  • handling
  • hit
  • hug
  • impact
  • junction
  • counterbalance
  • have a weight of
  • heft
  • measure
  • put in the balance
  • put on the scale
  • scale
  • tip the scales at
  • analyze
  • approach
  • balance
  • bracket
  • collate
  • confront
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • contrast
  • correlate
  • divide
  • equal
  • examine
  • hang
  • hold a candle to
  • inspect
  • juxtapose
  • match
  • match up
  • measure

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