| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, balance; egalitarianism |
| Synonyms: | adequation, civil rights, commensurateness, coordination, correspondence, equal opportunity, equatability, equilibrium, equipoise, equivalence, evenness, fair play, fair practice, fair shake, fairness, homology, identity, impartiality, isonomy, likeness, par, parallelism, parity, sameness, tolerance, uniformity |
| Antonyms: | difference, disproportion, dissimilarity, imbalance, inequality, unfairness |
| Concept: | [Sameness of quantity or degree] Equality. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise; evenness, monotony, level., equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity., equalization, equation; equilibration, coordination, adjustment, readjustment., drawn game, drawn battle; neck and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat., match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent.
-verbs
be equal; equal, match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come to the same thing., render equal; equalize, level, dress, balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim, adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt (render accordant); strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes.
-adjectives
equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark; equiparant., equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits; homologous; synonymous; resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less; much the same as, the same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced; equalized; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous, isoperimetric, isoperimetrical; isobath, isobathic.
-adverbs
equally; pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus; in equilibrio; to all intents and purposes.
-phrases
it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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| Antonyms: | inequality |
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| Main Entry: | democracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government in which people participate |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, egalitarianism, emancipation, equalitarianism, equality, freedom, justice, liberal government, representative government, republic, suffrage |
| Notes: | a democracy is confined to a small spot while a republic is extended over a large region |
| Main Entry: | equivalence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sameness, similarity |
| Synonyms: | adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, synonym, synonymy |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, inequality, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | identity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | similarity, correspondence |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, congruence, congruity, empathy, equality, equivalence, identicalness, likeness, oneness, rapport, resemblance, sameness, selfsameness, semblance, similitude, unanimity, uniformity, unity |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, opposition |
| Main Entry: | likeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, affinity, agreement, alikeness, analogousness, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparableness, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, delineation, depiction, ditto*, double, effigy, equality, equivalence, facsimile, form, guise, identicalness, identity, image, knock-off, lookalike, model, parallelism, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude, study, uniformity |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | objectivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impartiality |
| Synonyms: | detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, equality, equitableness, indifference, neutrality, open-mindedness |
| Main Entry: | par |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | average, equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | adequation, balance, coequality, criterion, equal footing, equality, equatability, equivalence, equivalency, level, mean, median, model, norm, parity, sameness, standard, usual |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | sameness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | likeness, similarity |
| Synonyms: | adequation, alikeness, analogy, equality, equivalency, identicalness, identity, indistinguishability, monotony, no difference, oneness, par, parity, predictability, repetition, resemblance, selfsameness, standardization, tedium, uniformity, unison, unity, unvariedness |
| Antonyms: | difference, dissimilarity, variableness, variety |