similarity

1 the quality or state of having many qualities in common <the similarity between the two essays is too great to be coincidental—one author virtually copied the other> Synonyms alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similitude Related Words semblance; affinity, analogousness; equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity Near Antonyms inequality; conflict, polarity; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; anomalousness, dichotomy; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence Antonyms difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

2 a point which two or more things share in common <the only similarity between this project and the last one is that both will involve some lab work> Synonyms commonality, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude Related Words counterpart, equal, equivalent; analogy; homology Near Antonyms difference, discrepancy; deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity; change, modification, variation Antonyms dissimilarity