COMPARISON Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

comparison

noun

Definition of comparison

as in analogy

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Recent Examples of comparison The comparison between Carrington's and Cunningham's hard fouls is not nearly as clever as the duo think. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Dermatologists say the comparison is a little misleading in the first place. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026 By comparison, 3 people died in ICE detention in the full 2022 fiscal year, per the report. — Connor Greene, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 The Uber comparison was never about the quality of the businesses. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comparison

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comparison

Noun

That simple analogy may be one of the most compelling aspects of EverDye’s approach.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Most of the time, senators exercising this role must rely on gauzy assurances and strained analogies to the candidate’s performance in previous positions.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of analogy

Noun

That’s a false equivalence a lot of the time.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
There are journalists curious about making the leap, journalists who already made it and want to evangelize, and journalists who are furious at him for making some kind of equivalence between these jobs and journalism.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026

Definition of equivalence

Noun

The measure also prohibits undocumented students from enrolling in adult general education programs in high schools and state colleges, which help prepare those taking the GED exam for the equivalency of a high school diploma.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
There’s an equivalency with Platner, and some of it has to do with a populist style of politics.

— Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Definition of equivalency

Noun

The head of the tenants association at the Frederick Douglass Houses on the Upper West Side took photos and videos of individuals sitting on blankets in a stairwell and laying on cardboard in a hallway.

— Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
As a result, German autoworker layoffs are now higher than during the global financial crisis of 2008–9 or the COVID pandemic, forcing German and European business associations to call for unprecedentedly stringent local content requirements.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of association

Noun

One way to create that linkage is for a task reference to travel with each request.

— Aashis Luitel, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
The researchers also developed simplified models for closed-chain parallel-linkage actuators used in joints such as the ankles, knees, and waist.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026