analogies

NOUN

agreement, similarity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comparison correlation metaphor parallel

STRONG

affinity alikeness correspondence equivalence homology likeness relation relationship resemblance semblance simile similitude

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difference

STRONG

dissimilarity unlikeness

WEAK

disagreement

Example Sentences

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analogies

I’m very wary of these sort of political analogies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

But, to keep the farmyard analogies going, Serkis is bullish.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

"This opened the door to finding analogies in black holes of entropy and temperature used in thermodynamics."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Instead, she joined Justice Samuel Alito’s concurrence in the judgment, which agreed that the government’s historical analogies failed.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

The examples are not so much metaphors or analogies as they are actual instances of the phenomena he is explaining, and they are instances that readers can see with their own eyes.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker