Meaning of SIMILAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'simyulur
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generaly alike in background and taste"
- [adj] capable of replacing or changing places with something else; "interchangeable parts"
- [adj] marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
- [adj] (of words) expressing closely related meanings
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| | Synonyms: | | akin(p), alike(p), analogous, confusable, connatural, correspondent, corresponding, exchangeable, interchangeable, kindred, like, like-minded, look-alike, quasi(a), related, replaceable, siamese, standardised, standardized, suchlike, synonymous, twin |
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| | Antonyms: | | different, dissimilar, unalike, unlike | | |
| | See Also: | | same | |
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\Sim"i*lar\, a. [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.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in
quality, form, etc.
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