Synonyms for equivalence
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Noun
1. Equality — the condition of being equivalent or essentially equal, the status of being interchangeable. An act of…
equality, equivalency, equation, comparability, correlation, comparison, parity, par, equating, resemblance, parallelism, similitude, sameness, compare, similarity, equatedness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal: the status of being interchangeable. An act of equating two things; an assertion of equivalence.
I disagree with his equivalence of his behavior with that of an overexcited teenager.
Related words
- Word family
- equilibrium
- Phrases
- dynamic equivalence functional equivalence
Forms
- Plural
- equivalences → equalities, equivalencies, equations, comparabilities…
Example sentences
- equality "Liberty, equality, fraternity" is a French motto.
- equation I didn't factor those variables into the equation.
- equivalency It's a completely false equivalency.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| equivalence | rising | |
| equality | rising | |
| equation | falling | |
| equivalency | steady | |
| comparability | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- par1
- 6 letters
- parity3
- 7 letters
- compare2
- 8 letters
- equality4, equation3, equating3, sameness2
- 10 letters
- comparison4, similarity5, similitude
- 11 letters
- correlation4, resemblance3, equivalency5, parallelism5, equatedness
- 13 letters
- comparability6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parity3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- équivalence
- Italiano
- equivalenza
- Deutsch
- Gleichwertigkeit
- Català
- equivalència