CONCORDANCE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

concordance

noun

Definition of concordance

as in understanding

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Recent Examples of concordance There are interesting concordances between the documentaries on offer. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 Among fraternal twins, that concordance dropped significantly — to between 0% and 30%. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 The concordance percentages indicate how often Watson’s advice matched the experts’ treatment plans. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2019 My major concern is that the DZ concordance might be too high, because a kid might be more likely to get diagnosed with autism if their twin already had a diagnosis. — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2011 See All Example Sentences for concordance

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Noun

The pair came away from that incident, and more subtle slights (like having to wait 20 minutes to be seated in a mostly empty restaurant), with a better understanding of each other.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Price and Felton each took steps this offseason in their schematic understanding and trustworthiness as pass catchers.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of understanding

Noun

The crowd listened in silence as the Polynesians, wearing blue fire uniforms, sang a Tahitian hymn in harmony while two of them strummed ukuleles.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
That’s maybe the most important thing, as far as the quality of your day-to-day lived experience—the harmony of your relationships.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of harmony

Noun

Falwell championed a vision of America rooted in obedience to biblical authority and conformity with traditional values, placing him in tension with Enlightenment principles like individual rights, rational inquiry, and free thought.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Central to the reorganization is an institutional separation between standard setting and conformity assessment—the process used to determine whether a product, facility or company satisfies those standards.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of conformity

Noun

But because Sara is indeed only 17, wisdom is tempered by a quivering vulnerability as the reality of her pregnancy presses upon her, body and soul, forcing her to open up to Lina and discover the possibility of solidarity.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
The concept is also being developed as a solidarity cooperative, a structure in which the community and employees would have ownership in the business.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of solidarity

Noun

There was no other identity or activity – only the oneness of creator and His spiritual expression, man.

— Sylvia Messner, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
Two Ships is thus a narrative for our time, when the aspirational vision of oneness has given way to intractable twoness.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of oneness

Noun

Gladys Knight is ‘easing into fewer’ concerts after recent performances spark health concerns.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
But that didn’t mean the group wasn’t still prepared to make one last swing around other parts of the world, or even to do one-off concerts in the States.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026

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