English Explanatory Dictionary

similar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
  2. Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
  3. Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
noun
  1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
  2. A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/ /ˈsɪm.ə.lə/ /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/ /ˈsɪm.lɚ/ en-us-similar.ogg /ˈsəm.ə.lə/ /ˈsiː.miː.laː/ /ˈsiː.miu̯.laː/

Word forms

similar more similar most similar similars

Etymology

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

Synonyms

akin allied alike comparable identical same twin homologous kindred conformable corresponding similar

Antonyms

different unlike dissimilar unique

Derived words

antisimilar bisimilar haplosimilar in a similar vein nonsimilar oversimilar self-similar similarily similarish similariton similarity similarize similarly similarness similary similect subsimilar unsimilar
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