similarity
/sɪməˈlarəti
/noun (plural similarities)
1The state or fact of being similar: the similarity of symptoms makes them hard to diagnose...
- In fact, the similarity is so compelling that D'Arcy has no business attempting a denial.
- In fact theirs is very much a superficial similarity, based on prodigious talent and youth more than anything else.
- The facts of that case bore a striking similarity to those of the present one.
1.1 (usually similarities) A similar feature or aspect: the similarities between people of different nationalities...
- Such research is valid and useful because of the genetic and physiological similarities between humans and apes.
- On her third visit to India now, Nilofer is struck by the similarities between Lahore and Delhi.
- The author spoke briefly about the similarities between Tamil and Japanese languages.
Synonyms
resemblance, likeness, sameness, similar nature, similitude, comparability, correspondence, comparison, analogy, parallel, parallelism, equivalence;
interchangeability, closeness, nearness, affinity, homogeneity, agreement, indistinguishability, uniformity;
community, kinship, relatedness
archaic semblance
Rhymes
- life seat
- life's end
- life sentence
- life-size
- life-sized
- life skill
- lifesome
- lifespan
- life spring
- life stage
- life story
- life string
- lifestyle
- lifestyle block
- lifestyle choice
- lifestyle drug
- lifestyler
- life support
- life-supporting
- life support machine
- life-sustaining
- life's work
- life system
- life table
- life tenancy