Synonyms for identity
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Individuality — the difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind…
individuality, personality, selfhood, personal identity, selfness rare
2. Sameness — sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same
sameness, equality, uniformity, identicalness rare, identicality rare
Other
user name, celebrity, indistinguishability, nationality dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.
- n. 2
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.
This nation has a strong identity.
- n. 3
A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
This criminal has taken on several identities.
Forms
- Plural
- identities → individualities, personalities, selfhoods, selfnesses…
Example sentences
- personality Recognize and respect the personality of a person.
- individuality Individuality is stressed in the Western world.
- equality "Liberty, equality, fraternity" is a French motto.
- sameness The sameness of my days is wearing me out.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| identity | rising | |
| personality | steady | |
| individuality | steady | |
| selfhood | rising | |
| equality | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- union2, unity3
- 7 letters
- oneness2
- 8 letters
- equality4, sameness2, selfhood, selfness
- 9 letters
- celebrity4
- 10 letters
- uniformity5
- 11 letters
- personality5, nationality5
- 12 letters
- identicality
- 13 letters
- individuality7, identicalness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (union2 = 2 syllables).