Synonyms for identity
aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, ɪˈdɛn-

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1. identity, personal identity, individuality(noun)

   the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity

   "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

   Synonyms:
   indistinguishability, individualism, personal identity, identity element, individuation, identicalness, identity operator, individuality

2. identity(noun)

   the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known

   "geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it"; "it was too dark to determine his identity"; "she guessed the identity of his lover"

   Synonyms:
   indistinguishability, individuality, identity element, personal identity, identity operator, identicalness

3. identity, identity element, identity operator(noun)

   an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

   "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

   Synonyms:
   indistinguishability, individuality, identity element, personal identity, identity operator, identicalness

4. identity, identicalness, indistinguishability(noun)

   exact sameness

   "they shared an identity of interests"

   Synonyms:
   indistinguishability, individuality, identity element, personal identity, identity operator, identicalness

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1. identity(noun)

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

2. identity(noun)

   The sameness some individuals share to make up the same kind or universal.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

3. identity(noun)

   The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

4. identity(noun)

   A name or persona—the mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.

   This criminal has taken on several identities

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

5. identity(noun)

   Knowledge of who one is.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

6. identity(noun)

   Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

7. identity(noun)

   An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. identity(n)

   Synonyms:
   constancy, continuance, firmness, fixedness, fixity, invariability, permanence, persistence, steadiness, unchangeableness, uniformity

   Antonyms:
   alteration, change, change, conversion, diversity, innovation, mutation, novelty, regeneration, renewal, renewing, revolution, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation, variety, vicissitude

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1. identity

   Synonyms:
   oneness, unity, sameness, personality, individuality, convertibility

   Antonyms:
   difference, distinctness, separateness, plurality, contrariety

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1. identity(n.)

   Synonyms:
   sameness

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1. List of paraphrases for "identity":

   identities, identification, id, identidad, i.d., characteristics, branding

How to pronounce identity?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

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Indian

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How to use identity in a sentence?

1. John Thomas:

   An easy example is employment, in most states there is no prohibition against discriminating against people based on gender identity.

2. Norm Pattis:

   We’re grateful to six courageous jurors who were able to understand that campus life isn’t the real world, kids experiment with identity and sexuality. When an experiment goes awry, it’s not a crime.

3. Anuj Somany:

   If a person talks vociferously against any powerful, affluent individual or group and gains in support many people around on the social media or the physical ground, then the two things are to be first found. First, the agitator's real source of income and second, the true identity of the supporters who have come.

4. Tim Doyle:

   The show was more interesting that way, similarly, with Tim Allen, Tim Allen and I started arguing about politics when we met, and I thought,' Well, let's do some of this.' It gave the show a more focused identity.

5. Claude Arnold:

   Refugees are admitted to the U.S. based on the story they tell of persecution, and they are not required to produce identity documentation or other types of documentation, if the person seeking entry is a persecutor, he would have specificity in his story that matches information obtained by U.S. Customs and Immigration Services personnel adjudicating the events.

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