similarity
similarity Lexical Profile
similarity Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The state or fact of being similar; a quality of mutual resemblance or likeness without being identical.
"The striking similarity between the two handwriting samples convinced the investigators."
A shared feature, trait, or aspect in which things or people resemble each other.
"Despite their different cultural backgrounds, the two authors share many stylistic similarities."
In geometry, the property of two or more figures having the same shape, with corresponding angles equal and corresponding sides proportional, regardless of size.
"Students used angle-angle theorems to prove the similarity of the two triangles."
• Rhymes for similarity
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from French 'similarité', from Medieval Latin 'similaritas', derived from Latin 'similis' meaning 'like, resembling, or of the same kind'.