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as in metaphors
a way of describing or explaining one thing by means of describing another with which it shares certain points or qualities
The teacher used the analogy of a common pipeline to explain bandwidth on the Internet.
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as in similarities
resemblance in certain points or qualities between two or more otherwise unlike things
The study made note of analogies between human and ape social behavior.
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Recent Examples of analogies
Klemperer also noticed how often Nazi propaganda used sports analogies and superlatives to make its point.
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Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The storylines and analogies Brown uses vary in familiarity.
—Haley Sawyer, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
As Trump fumbles with the Pandora’s Box he’s broken open, there’s no shortage of historical analogies to choose from.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
There are analogies to the suspense that a pregnant woman must feel.
—Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The two immediately start swapping trivia and relative distance analogies.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Her lyrics declared independence from clingy lovers and assorted social expectations, often through analogies inspired by technology.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Esteemed writers fall back on lazy analogies and text like drunk high schoolers.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
More and more, Jackson seeks out biblical analogies and snaps them down like safety catches over the loose ends of his earlier life.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
The storylines and analogies Brown uses vary in familiarity.
—Haley Sawyer, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
As Trump fumbles with the Pandora’s Box he’s broken open, there’s no shortage of historical analogies to choose from.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
There are analogies to the suspense that a pregnant woman must feel.
—Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The two immediately start swapping trivia and relative distance analogies.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Her lyrics declared independence from clingy lovers and assorted social expectations, often through analogies inspired by technology.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Esteemed writers fall back on lazy analogies and text like drunk high schoolers.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
More and more, Jackson seeks out biblical analogies and snaps them down like safety catches over the loose ends of his earlier life.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analogies
Noun
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The uniqueness is his metaphors.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Green’s list of eerie parallels included two swimming-pool metaphors and a climactic injury in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and two strikes.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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One enterprise might share similarities with another, but no two businesses are exactly alike.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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These distros have some similarities to Ubuntu, but may not necessarily adopt the new AI features Canonical is rolling out.—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes the batteries on the trackers would run low, and McGovern’s team would need to remove and recharge the devices, before surreptitiously replacing them.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2021, a critical vulnerability in Log4j—a logging library maintained by a handful of volunteers—exposed hundreds of millions of devices.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Bose pros Bose products are known for their rich sound, and although Bose is a top audio equipment brand, many of them are more affordable than Sonos equivalents.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In addition, the marks are essentially phonetic equivalents and, thus, sound similar.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Analogies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analogies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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