Entry Word: similarity

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the quality or state of having many qualities in common <the similarity between the two essays is too great to be coincidental — one student virtually copied the other>

Synonyms alikeness, community, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similitude

Related Words analogousness; equivalence, equivalency, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity

Near Antonyms inequality; conflict, disagreement, discrepancy, disparity, variance; incompatibility, incongruity, incongruousness

Antonyms dissimilarity, 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 correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude

Related Words counterpart, equal, equivalent

Near Antonyms difference, discrepancy; deviance, divergence; change, modification, variation

Antonyms dissimilarity