Synonyms of correlation

correlation

noun

as in relationship

the relation between things that happen or change together

The study found no correlation between the popular diet and decreased risk of heart disease.

Related Words

• relationship
• similarity
• resemblance
• parallelism
• comparability
• equivalence
• equation
• equivalency
• correspondence
• similitude
• affinity
• semblance
• likeness
• parity
• alikeness
• analogousness
• community
• identity
• interchangeability
• agreement
• compatibility
• sameness
• accordance
• identicalness
• congruity
• par
• exchangeability
• conformity

Dissimilar Words

• inequality
• polarity
• conflict
• incongruity
• incompatibility
• incongruence
• nonconformity
• dichotomy
• difference
• differentiability
• imbalance
• discriminability
• discrepancy
• disparity
• disproportion
• dissimilarity
• distinguishability
• disagreement
• incongruousness
• distinctiveness
• distinctness
• unlikeness
• nonequivalence
• anomalousness
• dissimilitude
• disparateness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of correlation

Although insider trading generally can have a correlation with future returns in the market broadly, Seyhun says banks are among the weakest areas for that kind of prediction. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

But because the study was observational, the results only demonstrate a correlation between ADHD and cognitive impairment, not that ADHD causes it. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Yet there is little correlation between a batter’s ability to crush the ball and his ability to discern a ball from a strike when a pitch is only an inch or so inside or outside the strike zone. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

El Niño is known to suppress Atlantic Basin tropical storm formation, so there could be some correlation in lack of Atlantic storms versus snow output, but that is likely due to the prevailing global wind pattern known as El Niño. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026