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
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as in accordance
a state of consistency
there's little congruity between your professed religious beliefs and your actual behavior
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Recent Examples of congruity
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.
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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
At the time, there weren’t a ton of slam-dunk options, especially for a league that has historically had a high standard of basketball and values geographic congruity.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018
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
At the time, there weren’t a ton of slam-dunk options, especially for a league that has historically had a high standard of basketball and values geographic congruity.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congruity
Noun
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The mother, or Romito 1, showed similarities, though not as pronounced as her younger relative.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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The similarities are hardly an accident.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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In practice, the remaining payments would most likely be handled in accordance to the probate and intestacy laws of a claimant’s state.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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Princess Beatrice and her sister Eugenie will be able to retain their royal titles thanks to an accordance with King George V’s Letters Patent of 1917.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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In the early going, the Gophers bore little resemblance to the team outscored by 25 points in the second half in the loss to Nebraska.—
Jim Hoehn,
Twin Cities,
29 Jan. 2026
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Yet despite their resemblance to deer, they aren’t closely related at all.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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As for harmony between Charles and Harry, the last time the two are known to have seen one another face-to-face was last September, when Harry stopped by Charles’s London home, Clarence House, for a tea that lasted just under an hour.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some of Butler’s songs are mere snippets, some are full-length numbers, often with vocals in the three-part harmony familiar from the time.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even as geopolitical alliances have been strained, the accords still stand—at least for now.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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As a result of the sweeping rally across emerging markets, bonds prices are increasingly moving on their own accord, instead of in-line with the US.—
Srinivasan Sivabalan,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Congruity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congruity. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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