similar

(sĭm'ə-lər)
adj.

1. Related in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
2. Mathematics. Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures: similar triangles.

[French similaire, from Latin similis, like.]

similarly sim'i·lar·ly adv.

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adjective

Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics: alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, like², parallel, uniform. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: very much alike
Antonyms: alien, different, dissimilar, opposite, unalike, unlike

IN BRIEF: Like something else, almost the same as something else.

Because they had similar names, they sometimes received each other's mail.

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Common misspelling(s) of similar

• similiar
• simmilar

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lignende, ligedannet
n. - lignende

Nederlands (Dutch)
gelijksoortig, vergelijkbaar, dergelijk

Français (French)
adj. - similaire, analogue, (Math) semblable
n. - analogie, similarité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ähnlich
n. - Ähnlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - όμοιος, παρόμοιος, παρεμφερής, παραπλήσιος

Italiano (Italian)
simile

idioms:

• similar to    simile a

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - semelhante

Русский (Russian)
двойник, похожий, соответствующий подобный, копия, дубликат

Español (Spanish)
adj. - similar, parecido, semejante
n. - similar, parecido, semejante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lik, liknande, likadan, dylik, likformig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
相似的, 类似的, 相似的东西

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 相似的, 類似的
n. - 相似的東西

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유사한, (도형이) 닮은, 평행하게 진행하는
n. - 닮은 것, 유사물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 似ている, 同様の, 同類の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشابه, مماثل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דומה, בעל דמיון ל-‬
n. - ‮דבר הדומה לדבר אחר‬

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