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similar
English
Etymology
From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?m?l?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?m?l?/
Adjective
similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
- 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.
- (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 rotations, translations and scalings.
Synonyms
- (with common characteristics): akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin
Antonyms
- (alike): different, unlike, dissimilar
Derived terms
- similarity
- similarly
- similarness
Related terms
Translations
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.
Further reading
- similar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- similar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin simil?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /si.mi?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /si.mi?lar/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /si.mi?la?/
Adjective
similar (masculine and feminine plural similars)
- similar
- Synonym: semblant
Related terms
- similitud
Further reading
- “similar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /s?.mi.?la?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.mi.?la(?)/
- Hyphenation: si?mi?lar
Adjective
similar m or f (plural similares, comparable)
- similar (having traits or characteristics in common)
- Synonyms: parecido, semelhante
Romanian
Etymology
From French similaire
Adjective
similar m or n (feminine singular similar?, masculine plural similari, feminine and neuter plural similare)
- similar
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simi?la?/, [si.mi?la?]
- Hyphenation: si?mi?lar
Adjective
similar (plural similares)
- similar
- Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)
- Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso
Related terms
- similitud
Further reading
- “similar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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similary
English
Etymology
From similar +? -ary.
Adjective
similary (comparative more similary, superlative most similary)
- (obsolete) Similar.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6:
- the plastic or formative faculty, from matter appearing homogeneous, and of a similary substance, erecteth bones, membranes, veins, and arteries […]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6:
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