similar

adjective
sim·i·lar
/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/

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

Example

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

Other meanings

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

Synonyms

alike
like

Related words

antisimilar
bisimilar
haplosimilar
nonsimilar
oversimilar
similarily
similarish
similariton
similarize
similary
similect
subsimilar

Example sentences

“The pillow never brought similar people together.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“Similar things happened in other countries.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“I had a similar reaction.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "similis" (like).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “similar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.