1. a goal, point, or score that makes the score equal between two competitors
Usage: common in sports
2. a person or thing that makes two things or people equal or evens out a difference
3. a device or tool that helps balance or adjust something to make it equal
Usage: technical

Examples

• She scored the equalizer in the final minute of the match.
• The new tax policy is meant to be an equalizer for small businesses.
• His experience was the great equalizer in the competition.
• The audio equalizer lets you adjust different frequencies.
• That goal was the equalizer that tied the game at 2-2.
• Education can be a powerful equalizer in society.