similitude

Other forms of similitude

plural

similitudes·

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 similitude

What does similitude mean?

similitude means "similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in similitude?

similitude has 4 syllables: si-mi-li-tude. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for similitude?

Close synonyms include likeness, alikeness, counterpart, twin. 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 similitude?

The recorded antonyms are dissimilitude.

Is similitude a common word?

similitude is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.