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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthy of comparison |
| Synonyms: | a match for, as good as, commensurable, commensurate, equal, equipollent, equipotential, equivalent, in a class with, on a par, proportionate, tantamount |
| Notes: | when a comparison is of such a nature that it comprises three terms, then comparable is the word to use; when it comprises four terms, the relation requires the word analogous |
| Antonyms: | incomparable, unequal, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | akin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related or connected |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, alike, allied, analogous, cognated, comparable, connate, consonant, corresponding, incident, kindred, like, parallel, similar |
| Antonyms: | alien, disconnected, unconnected, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | alike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, akin, allied, analogous, approximate, associated, carbon copy, cognate, comparable, concurrent, correspondent, corresponding, dead ringer, ditto*, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, even, facsimile, identical, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look-alike, matched, matching, mated, parallel, proportionate, related, resembling, same, same difference, similar, spitting image, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analogous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, similar |
| Synonyms: | akin, alike, comparable, consonant, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, like, parallel, related, resembling, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | homologus features are those that were originally the same in evolutionary development but have adapted differently (arms of humans, forelegs of cats, etc.); analogous features are those that resemble one another in function but are traceable back to completely different origins when a comparison is of such a nature that it comprises three terms, then comparable is the word to use; when it comprises four terms, the relation requires the word analogous |
| Antonyms: | disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unalike, unlike, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
| Synonyms: | alike, analogous, close, comparable, like, matching, near, relative, resembling, verging on |
| Antonyms: | dissimilar, exact, same |
| Main Entry: | cognate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, associated |
| Synonyms: | affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connate, connatural, connected, consanguine, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal |
| Notes: | A doublet is one of two or more words derived ultimately from a single source: abbreviate/abridge, fragile/frail, guardian/warden. The doublets may or may not show much resemblance and they also vary in closeness of meaning. Somewhere along their line of development they diverge and go off in different paths. The term cognate is usually reserved for two or more words in different languages that share a common ancestor as English father, Latin Pater, Greek pater, Spanish and Italian padre, French pere, and German Vater. |
| Antonyms: | disassociated, dissimilar, unalike, unallied, unconnected, unlike |
| Main Entry: | commensurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adequate, corresponding |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, coextensive, comparable, compatible, consistent, due, equal, equivalent, fit, fitting, in accord, proportionate, sufficient, symmetrical |
| Antonyms: | inadequate, inappropriate, incommensurate, unacceptable, unfitting |
| Main Entry: | comparative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate, close to |
| Synonyms: | allusive, analogous, approaching, by comparison, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, contrastive, correlative, corresponding, equivalent, in proportion, like, matching, metaphorical, near, not absolute, not positive, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, rivaling, similar, vying, with reservation |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | conformable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate; matching |
| Synonyms: | adapted, agreeable, alike, amenable, applicable, assorted, comparable, compliant, consistent, docile, fitted, fitting, harmonious, in agreement, like, matched, obedient, orderly, proper, regular, resembling, similar, submissive, suitable, suited, tractable, unified, useable, well-regulated |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, mismatched, nonconforming |
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