ANALOGIZE Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

analogize

verb

ə-ˈna-lə-ˌjīz

Definition of analogize

as in to compare

to describe as similar analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body

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Recent Examples of analogize Indeed, many Europeans found the South inspiring, analogizing their cause to the wave of anti-monarchy revolutions that swept Europe in 1848. — Zaakir Tameez june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 Sadie Collective co-founder and international finance researcher Fanta Traore analogized it to Michael Jordan’s partnership with Nike. — Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 4 June 2025 Fleck analogized it to putting up an adorable cat filter during a video meeting. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 Ultimately, the chief justice analogized the case to the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling that Philadelphia couldn’t exclude a religious agency from its foster care system. — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for analogize

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With Mike McDaniel tailoring an offense around him, and Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle offering lethal receiver targets, Tagovailoa threw 73 touchdowns, compared with 29 interceptions, over those three seasons.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Among the roughly 500,000 options contracts traded in SpaceX on Thursday, 335,000 were calls, with 168,000 of those calls likely bought, SpotGamma data shows, compared with just 75,000 puts purchased.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of compare

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Others on Wall Street, however, see higher levels of risk, equating Meta's case to Big Tobacco in the 1990s when tobacco companies had to pay billions for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Many may equate Waymo cars with the white fleet originally seen around town.

— Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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