Synonyms of the word

comparison

• n. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
• n. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
• n. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
• n. (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
• n. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
• n. (rhetoric) A simile.
• n. (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.

alikeness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being alike.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being alike.

comparability

• n. (mathematics) The condition of related objects.
• n. Comparison or equivalence.

compare

• v. (transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with…
• v. (transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
• v. (transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
• v. (intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
• v. (obsolete) To get; to obtain.
• n. comparison.
• n. illustration by comparison; simile.

comparing

• v. present participle of compare.

equivalence

• n. (uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
• n. (countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~.
• n. (uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
• n. (chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of…
• n. (mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables…
• n. (geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally…
• n. (translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its…
• v. (transitive) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

examination

• n. The act of examining.
• n. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness…
• n. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or…

likeness

• n. The state or quality of being like or alike; similitude; resemblance; similarity.
• n. Appearance or form; guise.
• n. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To depict.

relation

• n. The manner in which two things may be associated.
• n. A member of one's family.
• n. The act of relating a story.
• n. (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
• n. (set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs.
• n. (databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
• n. (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
• n. (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
• n. (usually collocated: sexual relation) The act of intercourse.

scrutiny

• n. Intense study of someone or something.
• n. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
• n. An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
• n. A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
• n. An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.

similitude

• n. (uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else.
• n. (countable) A way in which two people or things share similitude.
• n. (countable) Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
• n. A parable or allegory.