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similitude

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Synonyms and Antonyms of similitude

1 the quality or state of having many qualities in common

the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times

Synonyms of similitude

alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, resemblance, similarity

Words Related to similitude

affinity, analogousness

equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity

identicalness, identity, sameness

correlation, relationship

exchangeability, interchangeability

accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity

Near Antonyms of similitude

conflict, polarity

incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity

differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability

anomalousness, dichotomy

disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence

Antonyms of similitude

difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

2 a point which two or more things share in common

the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes

Synonyms of similitude

common denominator, commonality, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similarity

Words Related to similitude

counterpart, equal, equivalent

Near Antonyms of similitude

difference, discrepancy

deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity

change, modification, variation

Antonyms of similitude

Synonym Discussion of similitude

likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike.

- a remarkable likeness to his late father
- some similarity between the two cases

resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities.

- statements that bear little resemblance to the truth

similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions.

- two schools of social thought showing points of similitude

analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities.

- pointed out analogies to past wars

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