CORRESPONDENCE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

correspondence

noun

ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dən(t)s

Definition of correspondence

as in similarity

a point which two or more things share in common the correspondence in hair color is about all that the siblings have in common

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as in resemblance

the quality or state of having many qualities in common the best friends' correspondence in looks is so striking that they could pass for twins

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as in mail

communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system piles of unanswered correspondence littered the office of the reclusive author

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Recent Examples of correspondence The correspondence didn’t merely imitate the mechanics of a booking request. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 Fortunately for the anxious among us, and less fortunately for those still loyal to the dying rituals of interpersonal correspondence, Cynthia has recently moved to online reservations. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 The moon’s alignment with Venus asks you to catch up on correspondence. — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 To be clear, the payment was made between the two individuals and was found in email correspondence, according to the Times. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for correspondence

Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondence

Noun

The only similarity between the person participating in the experiment and the stranger was gender—the stranger’s face was not a doppelgänger.

— Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
The same research tradition shows that such perceptions involve judgements about intention and expression, and not just visual similarity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of similarity

Noun

The 45-year-old lawmaker, who bears a physical resemblance to his father, clearly sought to establish his own identity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
This is for a variety of reasons, but relatively low speeds, gentle acceleration, extensive regenerative braking, and little resemblance to sustained motorway driving are key among them.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of resemblance

Noun

State officials said the packages were bundled in a way that appeared to be legal mail from an attorney.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
More recently, county voters approved Measure B, a controversial initiative requiring voter identification, hand-counting ballots and sharply limiting vote-by-mail options.

— Drew Askeland, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mail

Noun

His cease-and-desist letter’s reference to a 180-day window following his last college game would mean that window ended in May 2023.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Their stories were told through drawings, comic books, artwork, photographs, letters, even puppets.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026