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

Branch has similarities to Xavier Worthy, and that gives him the chance to be another WR4 with weekly boom upside … assuming Tagovailoa eats some spinach for that arm or Michael Penix returns under center.

— Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Twenty years into the modern era of Housewifery, there are lots of similarities among the cities and among the women.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of similarity

Noun

For many skywatchers, the difference between 96% and 100% will be surprisingly subtle — the complete opposite to a total solar eclipse, where a 99% eclipse bears no resemblance whatsoever to totality.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Her mother, Linda Gaboriau, is an accomplished literary translator who had sometimes served as a photographers’ muse, and as an art student, Auf der Maur had been struck by her own resemblance to the muses of Botticelli and Gustav Klimt.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 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

In a letter to university leadership, two Republican lawmakers urged the UC system to move quickly to reinstate the use of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
A couple days ago, as the media frenzy continued, Wolff decided to release full letters that Harp had sent to Trump during his last Presidential campaign, missives that had reportedly alarmed the Secret Service.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026