| analogy | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. analogy | an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others. |
| ~ illation, inference | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation. |
| n. (act) | 2. analogy | 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" |
| ~ comparing, comparison | the act of examining resemblances.; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. analogy, doctrine of analogy | 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. |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| alike | | |
| adj. | 1. alike, like, similar | having the same or similar characteristics.; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" |
| adv. | 2. alike, likewise | equally.; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" |
| adv. | 3. alike | in a like manner.; "they walk alike" |
| same | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lapp, lapplander, saame, saami, same, sami | a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. |
| ~ lapland, lappland | a region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps. |
| ~ european | a native or inhabitant of Europe. |
| n. (communication) | 2. lapp, saame, saami, same, sami | the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. |
| ~ lappic, lappish | any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages. |
| adj. | 3. same | same in identity.; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" |
| ~ aforementioned, aforesaid, said | being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges" |
| ~ selfsame, identical, very | being the exact same one; not any other:.; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" |
| adj. | 4. same | closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| ~ like, similar | resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination.; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" |
| ~ assonant | having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables.; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" |
| ~ comparable, corresponding, like | conforming in every respect.; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" |
| ~ cookie-cutter | having the same appearance (as if mass-produced).; "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses" |
| ~ duplicate | identically copied from an original.; "a duplicate key" |
| ~ homophonic | having the same sound. |
| ~ identical, indistinguishable | exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different.; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" |
| ~ one | of the same kind or quality.; "two animals of one species" |
| ~ synoptical, synoptic | presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament.; "synoptic sayings" |
| ~ similar | marked by correspondence or resemblance.; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" |
| ~ unvaried, unvarying | lacking variety. |
| adj. | 5. like, same | equal in amount or value.; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" |
| ~ equal | having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" |
| adj. | 6. same | unchanged in character or nature.; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever" |
| ~ unchanged | not made or become different.; "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged" |
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