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)
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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.