similar

See also: similär

English

Mathematics: Figures shown in the same color are similar

Etymology

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin *similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

  1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of operations of rotation, translation and scaling.

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Noun

similar (plural similars)

  1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
  2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Further reading

  • similar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • similar in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin similāris.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /si.miˈla/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /si.miˈlar/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /si.miˈlaɾ/

Adjective

similar (masculine and feminine plural similars)

  1. similar
    Synonym: semblant

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

similar m, f (plural similares, comparable)

  1. similar (having traits or characteristics in common)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simiˈlaɾ/

Adjective

similar (plural similares)

  1. similar
    Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)
    Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso

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