Classes Abstract Relations Relation Partial Relation
Partial Relation
Nouns
similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance
affinity, approximation, parallelism
agreement etc. Agreement
analogy, analogicalness
correspondence, homoiousia, parity. connaturalness, connaturality
brotherhood, family likeness. alliteration, rhyme, pun. repetition etc. Repetition
sameness etc. (identity) Identity
uniformity etc. Uniformity
isogamy. analogue
the like
match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister
one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather
simile
type etc. (metaphor) Metaphor
image etc. (representation) Representation
photograph
close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance.
Verbs
be similar etc. adj.
look like, resemble, bear resemblance
smack of, savor of, approximate
parallel, match, rhyme with
take after
imitate etc. Imitation
favor, span [U.S.] . render similar etc. adj.
assimilate, approximate, bring near
connaturalize, make alike
rhyme, pun.
Adjectives
similar
resembling etc. v.
like, alike
twin. analogous, analogical
parallel
such as, so
homoiousian. connatural, congener, allied to
akin to etc. (consanguineous) [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity
a show of
mock, pseudo, simulating, representing. exact etc. (true) [Object of knowledge.] Truth
lifelike, faithful
true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of
for all the world like
as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare
cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.
Adverbs
as if, so to speak
as it were, as if it were
quasi, just as
Phrases
like master, like servant
like father, like son
the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree
a chip off the old block
Nouns
dissimilarity, dissimilaritude
unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance
divergence, variation.
difference etc. Difference
novelty, originality
creativeness
oogamy.
Adjectives
dissimilar, unlike, disparate
divergent
of a different kind
c. (class) Class unmatched, unique
new, novel
unprecedented etc. Unconformity
original. nothing of the kind
no such thing, quite another thing
far from it, cast in a different mold, as like a dock as a daisy, very like a whale" [Hamlet]
as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth
Phrases
no more like my father than I to Hercules" [Hamlet] .
Nouns
imitation
copying etc. v.
transcription
repetition, duplication, reduplication
quotation
reproduction
mimeograph, xerox, facsimile
reprint, offprint. mockery, mimicry
simulation, impersonation, personation
representation etc. Representation
semblance
copy etc. [Result of imitation.] Copy
assimilation. paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature etc. [Result of imitation.] Copy
forgery, counterfeit etc. (falsehood) Falsehood
celluloid. imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime
copyist, copycat
plagiarist, pirate.
Verbs
imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat
do like, echo, reecho, catch
transcribe
match, parallel. mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate
act etc. (drama) The Drama
represent etc. Representation
counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque. follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of
take pattern by
follow suit, follow the example of
walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit
take after, model after
emulate.
Adjectives
imitated etc. v.
mock, mimic
modelled after, molded on. paraphrastic
literal
imitative
secondhand
imitable
aping, apish, mimicking.
Adverbs
literally, to the letter, verbatim, sic, word for word
exactly, precisely.
Phrases
like master like man
" like - but oh! how different! " [Wordsworth]
genius borrows nobly" [Emerson]
pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks" [A. Coles]
quotation confesses inferiority" [Emerson]
Imitation is the sincerest form of Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Nouns
no imitation
originality
creativeness. invention, creation.
Adjectives
unimitated, uncopied
unmatched, unparalleled
inimitable etc. Identity
unique, original
creative, inventive, untranslated
exceptional, rare, unexampled.
Adjectives
varied etc. v.
modified
diversified etc. Existence 6-uniformity">Uniformity.1.
Nouns
copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness. image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype
imitation etc. Imitation
model, representation, adumbration, study
portrait etc. (representation) Representation
resemblance. duplicate, reproduction
cast, tracing
reflex, reflexion [Brit.] , reflection
shadow, echo. transcript [copy into a non-visual form] , transcription
recording, scan. chip off the old block
reprint, new printing
apograph, fair copy. parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase. [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision
second edition etc. (repetition) Repetition . servile copy, servile imitation
plagiarism, counterfeit, fake etc. (deception) Deception
pasticcio.
Adjectives
faithful
lifelike etc. (similar) Similarity
close, conscientious. unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
Nouns
prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type
archetype, antitype
protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm
lay-figure. text, copy, design
fugleman, keynote. die, mold
matrix, last, plasm
proplasm, protoplasm
mint
seal, punch, intaglio, negative
stamp.
Verbs
be an example, be a role model, set an example
set a copy.
Phrases
a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]