Synonyms for analogy
- noun
Most common
comparison relation similarity simile resemblance parallelism similitude
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
Related words
- Word family
- analog
Forms
- Plural
- analogies → comparisons, similes, similarities, relations…
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Analogy is specifically a resemblance of relations; a resemblance that may be reasoned from, so that from the likeness in certain respects we may infer that other and perhaps deeper relations exist.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- comparison Our city is rather small in comparison with Tokyo.
- relation I don't see any relation between the two problems.
- similarity The similarity between the two persons is astonishing.
- resemblance The child bears a closer resemblance to his mother.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| analogy | steady | |
| comparison | falling | |
| relation | falling | |
| similarity | steady | |
| simile | steady | |
| resemblance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- parity3, simile
- 8 letters
- relation3, affinity4, likeness2, sameness2
- 9 letters
- agreement3, semblance2
- 10 letters
- comparison4, proportion3, similarity5, similitude
- 11 letters
- resemblance3, parallelism5
- 14 letters
- correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parity3 = 3 syllables).