similarity
Roget-categorie 17
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.2. Relation
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#17.
Similarity
zelfstandig naamwoord
similarity,
resemblance,
likeness,
similitude,
semblance —
affinity,
approximation,
parallelism —
agreement
etc.
23 —
analogy,
analogicalness† —
correspondence,
homoiousia†,
parity.
connaturalness†,
connaturality† —
brotherhood,
family likeness.
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun.
repetition
etc.
104 —
sameness
etc.
(identity)
13 —
uniformity
etc.
16 —
isogamy†.
analogue —
the like —
match,
pendant,
fellow companion,
pair,
mate,
twin,
double,
counterpart,
brother,
sister —
one's second self,
alter ego,
chip of the old block,
par nobile fratrum [Lat.],
Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.] —
gens de meme famille [Fr.].
parallel —
simile —
type
etc.
(metaphor)
521 —
image
etc.
(representation)
554 —
photograph —
close resemblance,
striking resemblance,
speaking resemblance,
faithful likeness,
faithful resemblance.
werkwoord
be similar
etc.
adj. —
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance —
smack of,
savor of,
approximate —
parallel,
match,
rhyme with —
take after —
imitate
etc.
19 —
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj. —
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near —
connaturalize†,
make alike —
rhyme,
pun.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
similar —
resembling
etc.
v. —
like,
alike —
twin.
analogous,
analogical —
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.] —
such as,
so —
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to —
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like —
a show of —
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494 —
lifelike,
faithful —
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of —
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.] —
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare —
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
bijwoord
as if,
so to speak —
as it were,
as if it were —
quasi,
just as,
veluti in speculum [Lat.].
uitdrukking
et sic de similibus [Lat.] —
tel maitre tel valet [Fr.] —
tel pere tel fils [Fr.] —
like master,
like servant —
like father,
like son —
the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree —
a chip off the old block
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