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SIMILAR
like, similar
(adjective) resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; “suits of like design”; “a limited circle of like minds”; “members of the cat family have like dispositions”; “as like as two peas in a pod”; “doglike devotion”; “a dreamlike quality”
similar, alike(p), like
(adjective) having the same or similar characteristics; “all politicians are alike”; “they looked utterly alike”; “friends are generally alike in background and taste”
exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
(adjective) capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; “interchangeable electric outlets”; “interchangeable parts”
similar
(adjective) marked by correspondence or resemblance; “similar food at similar prices”; “problems similar to mine”; “they wore similar coats”
similar
(adjective) (of words) expressing closely related meanings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
(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
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Sim"i*lar, a. Etym: [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
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. [R.] Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.), 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.
Sim"i*lar, n.
Definition: That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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