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

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analogies

To make the idea easier to understand, he uses several analogies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

But Hemani serves as a reminder that analogies are easiest to make from a distance.

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