'analogy' definitions:
Definition of 'analogy'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
noun
Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect; "the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
noun
The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate [syn: doctrine of analogy, analogy] [ant: apophatism, cataphatism]
Synonyms of 'analogy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agent,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alikeness,
- allegory,
- alliance,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- ambiguity,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- backup,
- balancing,
- change,
- changeling,
- closeness,
- coextension,
- collineation,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- concurrence,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- copy,
- copying,
- correlation,
- correspondence,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equidistance,
- equivalent,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- fake,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- identity,
- imitation,
- likeness,
- likening,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mimicking,
- nearness,
- next best thing,
- nondivergence,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- proportion,
- proxy,
- relation,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- resemblance,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- sameness,
- second string,
- secondary,
- semblance,
- sign,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- tergiversation,
- third string,
- token,
- trope of comparison,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- weighing