similar

See also:similär

English

Mathematics: Figures shown in the same color are similar

Etymology

FromFrenchsimilaire,fromMedieval Latinsimilaris,extended fromLatinsimilis(“like”);akin tosimul(“together”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio(US):

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Adjective

similar(comparativemoresimilar,superlativemostsimilar)

1. Havingtraitsorcharacteristicsincommon;alike,allied,comparable.

   My new car issimilarto my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

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

     So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made abravepicture. I had seensimilarones 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.

   • 2013May-June,Charles T. Ambrose,“Alzheimer’s Disease”,inAmerican Scientist,volume101,number 3, page200:

     Similarstudies 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 sameshape,in particular, having correspondinganglesequaland correspondingline segmentsproportional.
3. (mathematics,linear algebra)Of twosquare matrices;being such that aconjugationsends onematrixto 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, 80 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:Soa ngô đa(yue)(caa¹m⁴do¹)

  Mandarin:Loại tự／Loại tự(zh)(lèisì),Soa bất đa(zh)(chàbùduō),Tương tự(zh)(xiāngsì)

• Cornish:haval
• Czech:podobný(cs)m
• Danish:lignende,magen til
• Dutch:dergelijk(nl),vergelijkbaar,soortgelijk(nl)
• Esperanto:simila
• Evenki:урэлды(urəldi)
• Faroese:líkur,líknandi,átøkur,álíkur
• Finnish:samanlainen(fi)
• French:similaire(fr),semblable(fr)morf
• 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:דומהm(domé),משולm(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:Tự ている(ja)(にている, nite iru)
• Kazakh:сияқты(siäqty),ұқсас(ūqsas)
• 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)
• 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:Tương tự(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:Tương tự(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(pluralsimilars)

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 thesymptomsof a particulardisease.

Further reading

• “similar”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “similar”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinsimilāris.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

similarmorf(masculine and feminine pluralsimilars)

1. similar

   Synonym:semblant

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

similarmorf(pluralsimilares)

1. similar(having traits or characteristics in common)

   Synonyms:parecido,semelhante

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchsimilaire.

Adjective

similarmorn(feminine singularsimilară,masculine pluralsimilari,feminine and neuter pluralsimilare)

1. similar

Declension

Declension ofsimilar

		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

similarmorf(masculine and feminine pluralsimilares)

1. similar

   Synonyms:semejante,parecido,símil(rare)

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

Derived terms

• similarmente

Related terms

• similitud

Further reading

• “similar”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014