Similarized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have made things comparable or alike in certain respects
2. To have caused entities to share common traits or characteristics
3. To have transformed distinct items into versions that exhibit resemblance or likeness

Etymology: "Similarized" is the past tense of "similarize," which the source identifies as formed from "similar" plus the suffix "-ize." The suffix, borrowed through Latin from Greek "-izein," turns an adjective into a verb meaning to make or cause something to have a certain quality, so "similarize" means to make things alike. Words built this way, such as "modernize" or "familiarize," follow the same pattern. "Similar" itself comes from the Latin "similis," meaning "like" or "resembling," which is also the source of "similitude." The core idea of the root is resemblance, and the verb turns that resemblance into an action performed on things.

Synonyms: compared, likened, analogized, paralleled, related

Antonyms: differentiated, contrasted, diverged, disassociated, separated