the state of being similar; a point or part in which there is likeness
likeness, correspondence
Cases of word usage
1) a close connection, relation, similarity (affinity)
2) a similarity in some aspects (analogy)
3) the similarity of sound between one word and another because they have the same vowel or the same consonant (assonance)
4) (a point of) likeness, similarity (between people, things) (resemblance)
5) the similarity of sound of two or more words at the end of lines of verse (rhyme)
6) (an example of) the use of words (figure of speech) to express an idea by comparing one thing with another, using 'like' or 'as' to show similarity (simile)
