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 alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similitude Related Words semblance; affinity, analogousness; equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity; identicalness, identity, sameness; correlation, relationship; exchangeability, interchangeability; accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity Near Antonyms inequality; conflict, polarity; incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; anomalousness, dichotomy; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence Antonyms 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 commonality, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude Related Words counterpart, equal, equivalent; analogy; homology Near Antonyms difference, discrepancy; deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity; change, modification, variation Antonyms dissimilarity