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unlikeness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of unlikeness

the quality or state of being different

because of the general unlikeness of their features, I was surprised to learn that they are brothers

Synonyms for unlikeness

contrast,
difference,
disagreement,
discrepancy,
disparateness,
disparity,
dissimilarity,
dissimilitude,
distance,
distinction,
distinctiveness,
distinctness,
diverseness,
diversity,
otherness

Words Related to unlikeness

deviance,
divergence

differentiability,
discriminability,
distinguishability

change,
modification,
variation

conflict,
discord,
discordance,
dissension
(also dissention),
dissent,
dissidence,
disunity,
friction,
strife

variability,
variance

anomalousness,
dichotomy,
incompatibility,
incongruence,
incongruity,
incongruousness,
nonconformity

disproportion,
imbalance,
inequality,
nonequivalence

Near Antonyms for unlikeness

identicalness,
identity

accordance,
agreement,
conformity,
congruity,
correspondence,
parallelism,
similitude

equality,
equivalence,
equivalency

homogeneity,
homogeneousness,
uniformity

Antonyms for unlikeness

alikeness,
analogousness,
analogy,
community,
likeness,
resemblance,
sameness,
similarity

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