Similar

Quick meaning: Similar is an adjective meaning Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

Meaning

Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
2. (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
3. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
4. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Example Sentences

My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• similars

Synonyms for similar

Depending on context, synonyms include akin, allied, alike, comparable, identical, same.

Antonyms for similar

Common opposites include different, unlike, dissimilar, unique, unalike.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alike, quasi, analogous, suchlike, synonymous, corresponding.

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