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Definitions for: Similar
[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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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
Antonyms: different, dissimilar, unalike, unlike
See Also: same
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