similitude
noun
si·mil·i·tude sə-ˈmi-lə-ˌtüd 
-ˌtyüd
1
a
: counterpart, double
b
: a visible likeness : image
2
: an imaginative comparison : simile
3
a
: correspondence in kind or quality
b
: a point of comparison
Synonyms
- alikeness
- community
- comparability
- correspondence
- likeness
- parallelism
- resemblance
- similarity
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes
Recent Examples on the Web Human performers can play at such similitude, but robots fully embody it. 
Sydney Skybetter, Wired, 8 July 2021 Whatever similitude of separation between protesters and police there had been was gone. Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2020 His adamant individualism is keyed precisely to his rejection of similitude to the manners of anyone else. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2011 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2011
Sydney Skybetter, Wired, 8 July 2021 Whatever similitude of separation between protesters and police there had been was gone. Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2020 His adamant individualism is keyed precisely to his rejection of similitude to the manners of anyone else. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2011 Here are the top two innovations in iPad cases at CES 2011—standouts in a sea of similitude. Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 8 Jan. 2011 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, allegory, analogy, from Latin similitudo resemblance, from similis
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
similitudes
noun
as in similarities
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 & Similar Words
Relevance
- similarities
- resemblances
- commonalities
- parallels
- correspondences
- congruities
- common denominators
- equivalents
- equals
- homologies
- analogies
- counterparts
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dissimilarities
- differences
- discrepancies
- incongruities
- divergences
- variations
- modifications
- changes
- deviances
- incongruences
- lost in the mail
- lost in the mists of time
- lost in the shuffle
- lost in thought
- lost it
- lost motion
- lost my train of thought
- lost on
- lost one's cool
- lost one's heart
- lost one's heart (to)
- lost one's heart to
- lost one's lunch
- lost one's temper
- lost out
- lost river
- lost soul
- lost the initiative
- lost to
- lost touch with reality
- lost wax
- lost-color process
- lost-wax process
- lostness
- lostnesses