Similitude
[si'militjud]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
(n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.
(n.) That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
Edited by Juanita
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.[2]. Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Likeness, resemblance, comparison, similarity,[See LIKENESS]
Edited by Cary
Examples
- Your observation of the similitude between many of the words and those of the ancient world, are indeed very curious. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And pray continue to utter them; at any rate let us hear if there is anything more to be said about the similitude of the sun. Plato. The Republic.
- Yes, he said, the similitude is most exact. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Nora