Collocations for analogy - noun

appropriate, apt, good, useful
close, obvious, perfect (esp. AmE)
A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.

simple
bad, false
historical, musical, sporting (BrE), sports (AmE), etc.

draw, make, suggest, use
She drew an analogy between running the economy and a housewife's weekly budget.

fit, hold
The Wild West analogy does not fit here.

by analogy, by analogy to, by analogy with
We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings.

analogy between
She suggested an analogy between the human heart and a pump.

analogy for
The computer is a useful analogy for the brain.

analogy with
There is an analogy here with the way an engine works.

argument by analogy, argument from analogy
Argument from analogy is not always valid.