'Similar' definitions:
Definition of 'similar'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: dissimilar]
adjective
Having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike]
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" [syn: like, similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike]
adjective
(of words) expressing closely related meanings
adjective
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]
Definition of 'Similar'
From: GCIDE
- Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Similar'
From: GCIDE
- Similar \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'similar'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnate,
- akin,
- alike,
- analogical,
- analogous,
- aped,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- approximative,
- be like,
- close,
- collatable,
- commensurable,
- commensurate,
- comparable,
- comparative,
- complementary,
- consimilar,
- consonant,
- copied,
- correlative,
- correspond to,
- corresponding,
- counterfeit,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- fake,
- favoring,
- following,
- homogeneous,
- homologous,
- identical,
- imitated,
- imitation,
- like,
- matchable,
- mimicked,
- mock,
- much at one,
- much the same,
- near,
- nearly reproduced,
- nearly the same,
- not unlike,
- parallel,
- phony,
- proximate,
- reciprocal,
- relatable,
- relative,
- resemble,
- resembling,
- simulated,
- smacking of,
- something like,
- suggestive of,
- synthetic,
- uniform,
- uniform with