similarity

Other forms of similarity

plural

similarities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about similarity

What does similarity mean?

similarity means "the quality of being similar". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in similarity?

similarity has 5 syllables: sim-i-lar-i-ty. The stress falls on "lar". In IPA it is /ˌsɪməˈlɛɹəti/.

What is another word for similarity?

Close synonyms include law of similarity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of similarity?

The recorded antonyms are dissimilarity.

Is similarity a common word?

similarity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with similarity?

7 words rhyme with similarity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.