ANALOGOUSNESS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

analogousness

noun

as in affinity

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Noun

Settling that borders and distance cannot fail to erase the affinity and care that can arise in a mere meeting.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
The movie is inspired by Gavras’ affinity for mythology, having grown up listening to his father interweave tales with myths.

— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of affinity

Noun

On the other side of the equation, the United States has released 400 million barrels of emergency oil, vastly drawing down its stockpiles in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The equation works out to a long-term ownership period of over 22 years for average drivers.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of equation

Noun

The measure also prohibits undocumented students from enrolling in adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges, which help prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
There’s an equivalency with Platner, and some of it has to do with a populist style of politics.

— Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Definition of equivalency

Noun

Branch has similarities to Xavier Worthy, and that gives him the chance to be another WR4 with weekly boom upside … assuming Tagovailoa eats some spinach for that arm or Michael Penix returns under center.

— Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Twenty years into the modern era of Housewifery, there are lots of similarities among the cities and among the women.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of similarity

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Despite a strained defense budget, Zelensky touts battlefield gains in Dnipropetrovsk and predicts Ukraine could reach territorial parity with Russia by the end of the year.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
And the Perspectives section will include a session with Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar and Colman Domingo talking about equity and parity in indie film, and another about global sales led by CAA’s Roeg Sutherland and FilmNation’s Glen Basner.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of parity

Noun

If the Raiders have some semblance of a passing game — similar to in 2024, when Jakobi Meyers produced a receiving line of 129-87-1,027-4 — Nailor and Tucker are in the conversation to benefit alongside Brock Bowers.

— Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of semblance

Noun

For many skywatchers, the difference between 96% and 100% will be surprisingly subtle — the complete opposite to a total solar eclipse, where a 99% eclipse bears no resemblance whatsoever to totality.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Her mother, Linda Gaboriau, is an accomplished literary translator who had sometimes served as a photographers’ muse, and as an art student, Auf der Maur had been struck by her own resemblance to the muses of Botticelli and Gustav Klimt.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of resemblance

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