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 Our era is often analogized with the Gilded Age’s asymmetric wealth creation that came from similarly deep technological transformations. — Mark P. Mills, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2026 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 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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Advances in childbirth — including prenatal care, Cesarean sections, blood transfusions, antibiotics and neonatal intensive care — also dramatically improved maternal and infant survival compared with colonial America.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Engineers could compare different surface coatings and fabrication methods to identify options that produce the least electrical noise, helping improve the performance of future quantum computers and quantum sensing technologies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

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