Definition of Similar

1. Adjective. Marked by correspondence or resemblance. "They wore similar coats"


2. Adjective. Having the same or similar characteristics. "Friends are generally alike in background and taste"
Exact synonyms: Alike, Like
Attributes: Alikeness, Likeness, Similitude
Derivative terms: Alikeness, Likeness, Similarity
Antonyms: Unalike

3. Adjective. Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. "A dreamlike quality"
Exact synonyms: Like
Similar to: Like-minded, Look-alike, Suchlike
Also: Same
Derivative terms: Likeness, Similarity
Antonyms: Unlike

4. Adjective. (of words) expressing closely related meanings.
Similar to: Synonymous
Derivative terms: Similarity

5. Adjective. Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability. "Interchangeable parts"

Definition of Similar

1. a. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

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

Definition of Similar

1. Adjective. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable. ¹

2. Adjective. (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. ¹

3. Noun. (context: homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Similar

1. being like but not completely identical to [adj]

Medical Definition of Similar

1. 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. 3. Homogenous; uniform. Similar figures, figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another. Origin: F. Similaire, fr. L. Similis like, similar. See Same, and cf. Simulate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Similar

simi
simia
simial
simian
simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
simian crease
simian fissure
simian haemorrhagic fever
simian haemorrhagic fever virus
simian hand
simian immunodeficiency virus
simian malaria
simian vacuolating virus No. 40
simian virus
simians
similar (current term)
similarities
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similars
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similative case
simile
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similia similibus curantur
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Literary usage of Similar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"If two polygons are composed of the same number of triangles, similar each to each and similarly placed, the polygons are similar. ..."

2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Samuel Thurber (1896)
"Recall the very similar proverbial expression used earlier in the play by Macbeth. ACT V. Scene 1. 86. My mind she has mated. Remember that mate is two ..."

3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"For a similar corruption of ... is quite admissible and Homeric may be safely inferred from the list of similar formations on pp. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"COLONIAL, or COMPOUND, ANIMALS, organisms which cannot be fairly regarded as unities, but consist of numerous more or less similar individuals united in a ..."

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