IDENTITIES Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

identities

noun

plural of identity

as in personalities

the set of qualities that make a person different from other people children begin to form their own identity by the age of two

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Recent Examples of identities Criminals can automate attacks, create convincing synthetic identities and scale fraud operations more efficiently than ever before. — Sandy Anderson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The declaration, which was the result of over two decades of deliberation, emphasized the rights of Indigenous peoples to maintain their cultural identities and to be free from discrimination. — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Days later, Britain’s AI Security Institute said that Anthropic’s most advanced AI model had used fake identities to cover its tracks and attempt to plant malicious code during testing. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 Businesses can help workers embrace their evolving identities – encourage them to examine which tasks make up their roles and see new possibilities for growth and opportunity. — Maria Black, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 These high-profile instances of criminal harassment illustrate how threats have touched WNBA players across racial identities. — Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026 The boy and his grandmother’s identities have not been shared publicly at this time, but it was disclosed that the toddler would have turned 2 next week. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026 At Fox Hollow, investigators started with remains but few clues about their identities. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Kathy Hilton and Rocky producer Irwin Winkler are shareholders, as are a number of billionaires from overseas who obscure their identities through LLCs. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

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Conferences have rushed to ban it, while prominent personalities like Ohio State's Ryan Day have spoken out against it.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The stars vying for this year’s Mirrorball trophy include actors, reality TV personalities and a Paralympian gold medalist.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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Their work on ‘Daruma’ showed an ability to tell a story involving disability with authenticity, humor, and humanity, without ever allowing disability to define the characters.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
And then there is Cape Verde’s 40-year-old Vozinha, whose remarkable 2026 World Cup run offered another reminder of why goalkeepers can become some of soccer’s most compelling characters.

— Asli Pelit, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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