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Definition of Similar
1. Adjective. Marked by correspondence or resemblance. "They wore similar coats"
Also: Same
Similar to: Akin, Kindred, Analogous, Correspondent, Confusable, Mistakable, Connatural, Corresponding, Quasi, Sympathetic
Antonyms: Dissimilar
Derivative terms: Similarity
2. Adjective. Having the same or similar characteristics. "Friends are generally alike in background and taste"
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"
Similar to: Like-minded, Look-alike, Suchlike
Also: Same
Derivative terms: Likeness, Similarity
Antonyms: Unlike
4. Adjective. (of words) expressing closely related meanings.
5. Adjective. Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability. "Interchangeable parts"
Similar to: Replaceable
Derivative terms: Interchangeability, Interchangeableness, Similarity
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.