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analogy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of analogy

1 a way of describing or explaining one thing by means of describing another with which it shares certain points or qualities

The teacher used the analogy of a common pipeline to explain bandwidth on the Internet.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of analogy

circumlocution, code word, conceit, crank, dead metaphor, euphemism, metaphor, simile

catachresis, mixed metaphor

expression, figure of speech, idiom

2 resemblance in certain points or qualities between two or more otherwise unlike things

The study made note of analogies between human and ape social behavior.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of analogy

counterpart, equal, equivalent

commonality, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similarity, similitude

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of analogy

difference, discrepancy

deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity

change, modification, variation

Synonym Discussion of analogy

likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike.

- a remarkable likeness to his late father
- some similarity between the two cases

resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities.

- statements that bear little resemblance to the truth

similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions.

- two schools of social thought showing points of similitude

analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities.

- pointed out analogies to past wars

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