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Synonyms for similarity

  • noun

Most common

affinity resemblance likeness similitude proportion analogy approximation sameness

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Noun

resemblance, similitude, likeness, affinity, analogy, proportion, sameness, approximation, parallelism, approach, parallel, correspondence, alliance, parity, community, equivalence, conformity, semblance dated

Antonyms

difference, dissimilarity, dissimilitude

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Closeness of appearance to something else.

Forms

Plural
similarities → resemblances, similitudes, likenesses, affinities…

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Similarity or Resemblance?

Resemblance and similarity are external or superficial, and may involve no deeper relation; as, the resemblance of a cloud to a distant mountain.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • affinity They feel a strange affinity with each other.
  • resemblance The child bears a closer resemblance to his mother.
  • likeness A painter could not better describe his likeness.
  • similitude The similitude of the princess to the former queen was striking.
  • proportion You will progress in proportion to your abilities.
  • analogy I see no analogy between your problem and mine.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
similaritysteady
affinitysteady
resemblancesteady
likenessrising
similitudesteady
proportionfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
parity3
7 letters
analogy4
8 letters
approach2, alliance3, parallel3, affinity4, likeness2, sameness2
9 letters
community4, semblance2
10 letters
proportion3, conformity4, similitude
11 letters
resemblance3, equivalence4, parallelism5
13 letters
approximation5
14 letters
correspondence4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parity3 = 3 syllables).

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