similarity
/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/US/ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
similarity noun: closeness of appearance to something else.
Noun
similarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)
- Closeness of appearance to something else.
- The relation of sharing properties.
- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...
- A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
- The property of two matrices being similar.
similarity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
similarity in Hindi
- closeness of appearance
- समानता samāntā, समरूपता samrūptā
similarity in Tamil
- ஒப்புமை
similarity in Marathi
- similarity, likeness, resemblance
- साम्य sāmya, समानता samānatā
- similarity, similitude, likeness
- सारखेपणा sārkhepaṇā
similarity in Urdu
- closeness of appearance
- شباﮩت śabāhat, مشابہت muśābahat
More languagesFewer languages
- similarity in Bengali
- সাদৃশ্য, মিল
- similarity in Telugu
- సారూప్యత sārūpyata, ఒకే పోలిక okē pōlika
- similarity in Malayalam
- സാമ്യം sāmyaṁ, സാദൃശ്യം sādr̥śyaṁ
- similarity in Kannada
- ಸಾಟಿ, ಹೋಲಿಕೆ, ಒರೆ, ಪಾಸಟಿ
- similarity in Gujarati
- સામ્યતા
- similarity in Sanskrit
- उपमा upamā, कक्षा kakṣā
- similarity in Pashto
- مثل misl
- similarity in Tagalog
- pagkakahawig, wangis
- similarity in Arabic
- تَشَابُه tašābuh, شَبَه šabah
- similarity in Persian
- تشابه tašâboh, شباهت šabâhat
- similarity in Thai
- ความคล้าย, ความเหมือน
- similarity in Vietnamese
- sự giống nhau, sự tương tự, sự đồng dạng
Examples of similarity in a sentence
- The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
- The two species have some anatomical similarities.
- Examples of affine transformations include translation, scaling, homothety, similarity, reflection, rotation, shear and compositions of them in any combination and sequence.
Synonyms of similarity
Antonyms
Forms of similarity
| plural | similarities |
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Origin of similarity
From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity
Words formed from similarity
Words that rhyme with similarity
- polarity
- particularity
- parity
- clarity
- familiarity
- arity
- collinearity
- imparity
- peculiarity
- linearity
- nonlinearity
- insularity
4 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about similarity
- What does similarity mean?
- Similarity means closeness of appearance to something else.
- What is similarity in Hindi?
- Similarity in Hindi is समानता (samāntā), समरूपता (samrūptā). See Similarity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is similarity?
- Similarity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce similarity?
- Similarity is pronounced /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of similarity?
- The plural of similarity is similarities.
Words near similarity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: similarity (page history and authors); similarity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); समानता (Marathi) (page history and authors); Similarity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); similarity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); similarity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); उपमा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); مثل (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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