Synonyms for identity
aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti, ɪˈdɛn-iden·ti·ty

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1. identitynoun

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

2. identitynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

3. identitynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

4. identitynoun

   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. identitynoun

   Knowledge of who one is.

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

6. identitynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

7. identitynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   selfhood

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1. identitynoun

   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, personal identity, individualitynoun

   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. identitynoun

   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 operatornoun

   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, indistinguishabilitynoun

   exact sameness

   "they shared an identity of interests"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Identification
   • Operator
   • Sameness

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1. uniquenessadjective

   because if you have your own identity, you are unique

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. identitynoun

   Synonyms:
   sameness

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1. List of paraphrases for "identity":

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

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How to use identity in a sentence?

1. Adi Dubash:

   I think it matters because symbolism is important. I think having that reflected in your leaders is important, but I think he has got the right idea because he embraces his identity and he wants people to know his identity but it is not all who he is.

2. Librettist Julia Canosa:

   Today we are talking about a new species of not humans perhaps but humanoids, cyborgs, and, like the Creature, are they going to raise the question of identity? are they going to be granted rights and dignity, and would they pay taxes?

3. Shelene Etchison:

   There is a sudden loss of community, identity, purpose, you go from an organization where literally your squad leader or whoever's in charge of you, their job is to have personal accountability of you every day.

4. Branko Culibrk:

   We, LGBTIQ persons, fight every day for our existence, identity and love.

5. Marik Stern:

   A lot of us have developed a political identity different to our parents, they came here with a great antagonism to socialism and anything that has even a whiff of Soviet to it. They are very capitalist.