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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | analogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, similarity |
| Synonyms: | affinity, alikeness, comparison, correlation, correspondence, equivalence, homology, likeness, metaphor, parallel, relation, relationship, resemblance, semblance, simile, similitude |
| Notes: | analogy is when two different things share characteristics that lead to a comparison between them; an analogue is one of the things compared |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissimilarity, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, similarity |
| Synonyms: | affinity, identity, kinship, likeness, sameness, semblance |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissimilarity |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogizing, analogy, analyzing, association, balancing, bringing together, collating, collation, comparability, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, dividing, estimation, example, exemplification, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, likening, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, paralleling, ratio, relating, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing |
| Main Entry: | conformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correspondence, harmony |
| Synonyms: | accord, affinity, agreement, coherence, conformance, congruity, consistency, consonance, likeness, resemblance, similarity |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, discord, nonconformity |
| Main Entry: | consistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constancy, regularity |
| Synonyms: | accord, agreement, apposition, appropriateness, aptness, coherence, cohesion, compatibility, concord, concurrence, conformability, congruity, consonance, correspondence, evenness, fitness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, likeness, proportion, similarity, stability, steadfastness, steadiness, suitability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity |
| Antonyms: | erraticism, incongruity, inconsistency, inconstancy, irregularity, variation |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplicate, imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon, carbon copy, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, effigy, ersatz, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | original, origination, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | correspondence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, analogy, coherence, coincidence, comparability, comparison, concurrence, conformity, congruity, consistency, correlation, equivalence, fitness, harmony, likeness, match, regularity, relation, resemblance, similarity, symmetry |
| Antonyms: | difference, disagreement |
| Main Entry: | depiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description, rendering |
| Synonyms: | delineation, drawing, illustration, image, likeness, outline, picture, portraiture, portrayal, presentment, representation, sketch |
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