Synonyms of congruity

congruity

noun

kən-ˈgrü-ə-tē 

1

as in similarity

a point which two or more things share in common

the book alleges certain congruities between several political assassinations that were thought to be unrelated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• similarity
• resemblance
• commonality
• parallel
• correspondence
• similitude
• common denominator
• equivalent
• counterpart
• analogy
• equal
• homology

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• difference
• discrepancy
• dissimilarity
• divergence
• variation
• modification
• change
• deviance
• incongruity
• incongruence

2

as in accordance

a state of consistency

there's little congruity between your professed religious beliefs and your actual behavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accordance
• harmony
• accord
• congruence
• agreement
• tune
• conformity
• congruency
• conformance
• consonance
• compatibility
• integration
• oneness
• solidarity
• assimilation
• empathy
• affinity
• sympathy
• togetherness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conflict
• incongruity
• contrast
• disagreement
• diversity
• discrepancy
• distinction
• dissimilarity
• disparity
• distinctness
• distinctiveness
• incongruence
• divergence
• friction
• incongruousness
• deviance
• unlikeness
• variance
• strife
• discord
• variability
• dissent
• dissension
• discordance
• disunity
• diverseness
• dissidence
• disparateness
• incompatibility

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of congruity

Irony involves incongruity, while tragicomedy is about possible congruity—not mutual erasure but the capacity for the tragic and comic to coexist. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026

There’s always been a nice congruity between watching movies with an audience in a cinema and the entire world coming together, gathering around TV sets, to honor the best of those films at the Oscars. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026

With three new offensive lineman joining center Aaron Brewer and tackle Austin Jackson, the importance of congruity cannot be understated. — Miami Herald, 21 July 2025

Uncanny forms—semi-organic shapes, with stray kinks and curves hammered flat—assumed an unlikely congruity. — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022

Women still have to work harder to overcome role-congruity bias. — Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes, 12 June 2021

Fortunately, that lack of congruity didn’t detract from superb upper fit and security for most testers. — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2021

Create congruity between your spending and giving and your values. — Ross Levin, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020

This should have been an experience of affirmation and tangible progression towards physical congruity to my truest self but instead was fraught with anxiety — the treatments weren’t working. — Trésor Prijs, Teen Vogue, 1 June 2018