'Similitude' definitions:
Definition of 'similitude'
(from WordNet)
noun
Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: likeness, alikeness, similitude] [ant: dissimilitude, unlikeness]
noun
A duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
Definition of 'Similitude'
From: GCIDE
- Similitude \Si*mil"i*tude\, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar.]
- 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. [1913 Webster]
- Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. [1913 Webster]
- Man should wed his similitude. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'similitude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- allegory,
- alliance,
- ally,
- alter ego,
- analogon,
- analogue,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- associate,
- balancing,
- brother,
- certified copy,
- close copy,
- close match,
- closeness,
- cognate,
- community,
- companion,
- comparability,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- complement,
- conformity,
- confrontation,
- confrontment,
- congenator,
- congener,
- contrast,
- contrastiveness,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- copying,
- correlate,
- correlation,
- correlative,
- correspondence,
- correspondent,
- counterfeit,
- counterpart,
- dead ringer,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- double,
- duplicate,
- ectype,
- effigy,
- equivalent,
- exact likeness,
- fair copy,
- faithful copy,
- fake,
- fellow,
- forgery,
- icon,
- identity,
- idol,
- image,
- imitation,
- kindred spirit,
- like,
- likeness,
- likening,
- living image,
- living picture,
- match,
- matching,
- mate,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- near duplicate,
- nearness,
- obverse,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- pendant,
- phony,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- proportion,
- reciprocal,
- reflection,
- relation,
- replica,
- representation,
- resemblance,
- rubbing,
- sameness,
- second self,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similarity,
- simile,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- sister,
- soul mate,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- such,
- suchlike,
- tally,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- trace,
- tracing,
- trope of comparison,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture,
- weighing