similarity

1 the quality or state of having many qualities in common the similarity between the two essays is too great to be coincidental—one author virtually copied the other Synonyms of similarity alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similitude Words Related to similarity semblance; affinity, analogousness; equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity Near Antonyms of similarity inequality; conflict, polarity; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; anomalousness, dichotomy; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence Antonyms of similarity difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

2 a point which two or more things share in common the only similarity between this project and the last one is that both will involve some lab work Synonyms of similarity commonality, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude Words Related to similarity counterpart, equal, equivalent; analogy; homology Near Antonyms of similarity difference, discrepancy; deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity; change, modification, variation Antonyms of similarity dissimilarity