Word definition: similar

Etimology


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

adjective


similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.

(mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.

(mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

Examples


My new car is similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

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.

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.

Related words


synonyms

(with common characteristics): akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

antonyms

(alike): different, unlike, dissimilar

related terms

Albanian: i ngjashëm (sq)

Arabic: مُمَاثِل (ar) (mumāṯil)

Armenian: նման (hy) (nman)

Asturian: paecíu, semeyante

Azerbaijani: oxşar (az), bənzər (az)

Belarusian: падо́бны (padóbny)

Bengali: অনুরূপ (bn) (onurup)

Bulgarian: подо́бен (bg) (podóben), сходен (bg) (shoden)

Burmese: ဆန် (my) (hcan)

Catalan: similar (ca), semblant (ca)

Chinese: Cantonese: 差唔多 (yue) (caa1 m4 do1)Mandarin: 類似/类似 (zh) (lèisì), 差不多 (zh) (chàbùduō), 相似 (zh) (xiāngsì)

Cornish: haval

Czech: podobný (cs) m

Danish: lignende, magen til

Dutch: gelijkend (nl), soortgelijk (nl)

Esperanto: simila

Evenki: урэлды (urəldi)

Faroese: líkur, líknandi, átøkur, álíkur

Finnish: samanlainen (fi)

French: similaire (fr), semblable (fr) m or f

Friulian: someant, pareli, simil

Galician: semellante (gl)

Georgian: მსგავსი (ka) (msgavsi)

German: ähnlich (de), vergleichbar (de)

Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (galeiks)

Greek: παρόμοιος (el) (parómoios), όμοιος (el) (ómoios)Ancient: ὅμοιος (hómoios)

Hebrew: דומה m (domé), משול m (mashúl)

Hindi: समान (hi) (samān), अनुरूप (anurūp)

Hungarian: hasonló (hu)

Ido: simila (io)

Indonesian: serupa (id), mirip (id)

Ingrian: samantapain, näköin

Italian: simile (it), somigliante (it), rassomigliante (it)

Japanese: 似ている (ja) (にている, nite iru)

Kazakh: сияқты (siäqty), ұқсас (ūqsas)

Khmer: ដូច (km) (douc)

Korean: 비슷하다 (ko) (biseuthada), 같다 (ko) (gatda)

Kyrgyz: окшош (ky) (okşoş)

Lao: ຄ້າຍ (lo) (khāi)

Latin: similis (la)

Latvian: līdzīgs

Lithuanian: panašus

Luxembourgish: ähnlech

Macedonian: сличен (sličen)

Malay: serupa

Malayalam: സമാന (ml) (samāna)

Maori: oropapa

Mari: Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl)

Norwegian: Bokmål: lignende, liknendeNynorsk: liknande

Occitan: semblant (oc), semblari

Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: подобьнъ (podobĭnŭ)

Old East Slavic: подобьнъ (podobĭnŭ)

Old English: gelīc

Persian: مشابه (fa) (mošâbe), مانند (fa) (mânand), شبیه (fa) (šabih)

Plautdietsch: dämänlich

Polish: podobny (pl)

Portuguese: parecido (pt), semelhante (pt), similar (pt)

Romanian: similar (ro), asemănător (ro)

Romansch: sumegliant, semegliont, samagliànt, sumigliaint, sumgiaint, sumgliaint

Russian: подо́бный (ru) (podóbnyj), похо́жий (ru) (poxóžij), схо́жий (ru) (sxóžij), схо́дный (ru) (sxódnyj)

Scottish Gaelic: coltach

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сли̏чанRoman: slȉčan (sh)

Slovak: podobný

Slovene: podóben

Spanish: similar (es), semejante (es), parecido (es), parejo (es), equiparable

Swedish: lik (sv), liknande (sv)

Tagalog: hawig, kahawig

Tajik: монанд (tg) (monand), шабеҳ (šabeh), мушобеҳ (mušobeh)

Tatar: охшаш (oxşaş), охшаган (oxşağan)

Thai: คล้าย (th) (kláai)

Turkish: benzer (tr)

Turkmen: meňzeş

Ukrainian: поді́бний (podíbnyj), схо́жий (sxóžyj)

Urdu: سمان (samān)

Uyghur: ئوخشاش (oxshash)

Uzbek: oʻxshash (uz), oʻxshagan (uz)

Venetian: somejante, somegiante

Vietnamese: giống (vi) (𠏳)

Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

noun


similar (plural similars)

That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

(homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

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