Meanings
nounsimilarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)
plural similarities
- countableuncountableCloseness of appearance to something else.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe 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 and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC - countableuncountablegeometryA transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nouna Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
Similar
law of similarity
Broader
Gestalt law of organizationGestalt principle of organization
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchsimilarité
- Englishsimilarity
From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὁμοιότης
- ὁμοιότης (homoiótēs)closeness of appearance
Arabic تَشَابُه, شَبَه
- تَشَابُه (tašābuh)closeness of appearance
- شَبَه (šabah)closeness of appearance
Bulgarian схо́дство, подо́бие
- схо́дство (shódstvo)closeness of appearance
- подо́бие (podóbie)closeness of appearance
- при́лика (prílika)closeness of appearance
Catalan semblança, similitud
- semblançacloseness of appearance
- similitudcloseness of appearance
Chinese Mandarin 相似, 類似 /类似
- 相似 (xiāngsì)closeness of appearance
- 類似 /类似 (lèisì)closeness of appearance
Czech podobnost
- podobnostcloseness of appearance
Danish lighed
- lighedcloseness of appearance
Dutch gelijkenis
- gelijkeniscloseness of appearance
Esperanto simileco
- similecocloseness of appearance
Estonian sarnasus, samalaadsus
- sarnasuscloseness of appearance
- samalaadsuscloseness of appearance
Finnish samankaltaisuus, yhtäläisyys
- samankaltaisuuscloseness of appearance
- yhtäläisyyscloseness of appearance
French similarité, similitude
- similaritécloseness of appearance
- similitudecloseness of appearance
German Ähnlichkeit
- Ähnlichkeitcloseness of appearance
Greek ομοιότητα
- ομοιότητα (omoiótita)closeness of appearance
Hebrew דִּמְיוֹן
- דִּמְיוֹן (dimyón)closeness of appearance
Hindi समानता, समरूपता
- समानता (samāntā)closeness of appearance
- समरूपता (samrūptā)closeness of appearance
Hungarian hasonlóság
- hasonlóságcloseness of appearance
Italian similarità, somiglianza
- similaritàcloseness of appearance
- somiglianzacloseness of appearance
Japanese 類似, 類似性
- 類似 (ruiji)closeness of appearance
- 類似性 (ruijisei)closeness of appearance
- 相似 (sōji)closeness of appearance
Korean 유사, 유사성
- 유사 (yusa)closeness of appearance
- 유사성 (yusaseong)closeness of appearance
- 닮음 (dalmeum)closeness of appearance
- 상사 (sangsa)closeness of appearance
Latin similitūdō
- similitūdōcloseness of appearance
Latvian līdzība
- līdzībacloseness of appearance
Lithuanian panašumas
- panašumascloseness of appearance
Norwegian Bokmål likhet
- likhetcloseness of appearance
Persian تشابه, شباهت
- تشابه (tašâboh)closeness of appearance
- شباهت (šabâhat)closeness of appearance
Polish podobieństwo
- podobieństwocloseness of appearance
Portuguese semelhança, similaridade
- semelhançacloseness of appearance
- similaridadecloseness of appearance
Romanian similaritate
- similaritatecloseness of appearance
Russian схо́дство, подо́бие
- схо́дство (sxódstvo)closeness of appearance
- подо́бие (podóbije)closeness of appearance
- схо́жесть (sxóžestʹ)closeness of appearance
Scottish Gaelic coltas
- coltascloseness of appearance
Slovak podobnosť
- podobnosťcloseness of appearance
Spanish semejanza, similaridad
- semejanzacloseness of appearance
- similaridadcloseness of appearance
Swedish likhet, similaritet
- likhetcloseness of appearance
- similaritetcloseness of appearance
Tagalog pagkakahawig, wangis
- pagkakahawigcloseness of appearance
- wangiscloseness of appearance
Thai ความคล้าย, ความเหมือน
- ความคล้ายcloseness of appearance
- ความเหมือนcloseness of appearance
Turkish benzerlik
- benzerlikcloseness of appearance
Ukrainian схо́жість, поді́бність
- схо́жість (sxóžistʹ)closeness of appearance
- поді́бність (podíbnistʹ)closeness of appearance
Urdu شباﮩت, مشابہت
- شباﮩت (śabāhat)closeness of appearance
- مشابہت (muśābahat)closeness of appearance
Vietnamese sự giống nhau, sự tương tự
- sự giống nhaucloseness of appearance
- sự tương tựcloseness of appearance
- sự đồng dạngcloseness of appearance
Yiddish ענלעכקייט
- ענלעכקייט (enlekhkeyt)closeness of appearance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with similarity
clarityparityfamiliaritypolaritylinearitynonlinearityhilarityaritypeculiarityparticularityosmolarityinsularitymolaritycollinearityimparitymultifaritytutelarity
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“similarity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/similarity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “similarity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/similarity.
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