similar

See also: similär

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪmələ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪməlɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

   My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
3. (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

Synonyms

• (with common characteristics): akin, allied, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “alike”): different, unlike, dissimilar

Derived terms

• in a similar vein
• self-similar
• similarity
• similarly
• similarness

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem- (0 c, 83 e)

Translations

having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable

Albanian: i ngjashëm (sq) Arabic: مُمَاثِل (ar) (mumāṯil) Armenian: նման (hy) (nman) Asturian: paecíu, semeyante Azerbaijani: oxşar (az), bənzər (az) Belarusian: падо́бны (padóbny) Bengali: অনুরূপ (bn) (onurup) Bulgarian: подо́бен (bg) (podóben), сходен (bg) (shoden) Burmese: ဆန် (my) (hcan) Catalan: similar (ca), semblant (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 差唔多 (yue) (caa1 m4 do1) Mandarin: 類似 / 类似 (zh) (lèisì), 差不多 (zh) (chàbùduō), 相似 (zh) (xiāngsì) Cornish: haval Czech: podobný (cs) m Danish: lignende, magen til Dutch: dergelijk (nl), vergelijkbaar (nl), soortgelijk (nl) Esperanto: simila Evenki: урэлды (urəldi) Faroese: líkur, líknandi, átøkur, álíkur Finnish: samanlainen (fi) French: similaire (fr), semblable (fr) m or f Friulian: someant, pareli, simil Galician: semellante (gl) Georgian: მსგავსი (ka) (msgavsi) German: ähnlich (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (galeiks) Greek: παρόμοιος (el) (parómoios), όμοιος (el) (ómoios) Ancient: ὅμοιος (hómoios) Hebrew: דומה m (domé), משול m (mashúl) Hindi: समान (hi) (samān), अनुरूप (anurūp) Hungarian: hasonló (hu) Ido: simila (io) Indonesian: serupa (id), mirip (id) Ingrian: samantapain, näköin Italian: simile (it), somigliante (it), rassomigliante (it) Japanese: 似ている (ja) (にている, nite iru) Kazakh: сияқты (siäqty), ұқсас (ūqsas) Khiamniungan Naga: èm Khmer: ដូច (km) (douc) Korean: 비슷하다 (ko) (biseuthada), 같다 (ko) (gatda) Kyrgyz: окшош (ky) (okşoş) Lao: ຄ້າຍ (lo) (khāi) Latin: similis (la) Latvian: līdzīgs Lithuanian: panašus Luxembourgish: ähnlech Macedonian: сличен (sličen) Malay: serupa Malayalam: സമാന (ml) (samāna) Maori: oropapa Mari: Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl) Norwegian: Bokmål: lignende, liknende Nynorsk: liknande Occitan: semblant (oc), semblari Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: подобьнъ (podobĭnŭ) Old East Slavic: подобьнъ (podobĭnŭ) Old English: gelīc Persian: مشابه (fa) (mošâbe), مانند (fa) (mânand), شبیه (fa) (šabih) Plautdietsch: dämänlich Polish: podobny (pl) Portuguese: parecido (pt), semelhante (pt), similar (pt) Romanian: similar (ro), asemănător (ro) Romansch: sumegliant, semegliont, samagliànt, sumigliaint, sumgiaint, sumgliaint Russian: подо́бный (ru) (podóbnyj), похо́жий (ru) (poxóžij), схо́жий (ru) (sxóžij), схо́дный (ru) (sxódnyj) Scottish Gaelic: coltach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сли̏чан Roman: slȉčan (sh) Slovak: podobný Slovene: podóben Spanish: similar (es), semejante (es), parecido (es), parejo (es), equiparable Swedish: liknande (sv) Tagalog: hawig, kahawig Tajik: монанд (tg) (monand), шабеҳ (šabeh), мушобеҳ (mušobeh) Tatar: охшаш (oxşaş), охшаган (oxşağan) Thai: คล้าย (th) (kláai) Turkish: benzer (tr) Turkmen: meňzeş Ukrainian: поді́бний (podíbnyj), схо́жий (sxóžyj) Urdu: سمان (samān) Uyghur: ئوخشاش (oxshash) Uzbek: oʻxshash (uz), oʻxshagan (uz) Venetan: somejante, somegiante Vietnamese: giống (vi) (𠏳), tựa (vi), như (vi), giống như, tựa như Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

of geometric figures, having the same shape

Armenian: նման (hy) (nman) Bulgarian: подобен (bg) (podoben) Chinese: Mandarin: 相似 (zh) (xiāngsì) Czech: podobný (cs) Finnish: yhdenmuotoinen Georgian: მსგავსი (ka) (msgavsi) German: ähnlich (de) Greek: όμοιος (el) (ómoios) Hebrew: דומה (domé) Icelandic: einslaga, einslagaður, einshyrndur Italian: simile (it) Japanese: 相似 (ja) (sōji) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hevşêwe (ku) Polish: podobny (pl) m Romanian: asemenea (ro) Russian: подо́бный (ru) (podóbnyj) Serbo-Croatian: sùkladan (sh) Spanish: semejante (es) Tagalog: hawig, kahawig

Noun

similar (plural similars)

1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

   Hyponyms: lookalike, soundalike; biosimilar; imitation; simulacrum

2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Further reading

• “similar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “similar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin similāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [si.miˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [si.miˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.miˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Adjective

similar m or f (masculine and feminine plural similars)

1. similar

   Synonym: semblant

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.miˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.miˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: si‧mi‧lar

Adjective

similar m or f (plural similares)

1. similar (having traits or characteristics in common)

   Synonyms: parecido, semelhante

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French similaire.

Adjective

similar m or n (feminine singular similară, masculine plural similari, feminine and neuter plural similare)

1. similar

Declension

Declension of similar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	similar		similară		similari	similare
	definite	similarul		similara		similarii	similarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	similar		similare		similari	similare
	definite	similarului		similarei		similarilor	similarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simiˈlaɾ/ [si.miˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧mi‧lar

Adjective

similar m or f (masculine and feminine plural similares)

1. similar

   Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)

   Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso

Derived terms

• similarmente

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024