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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIM'ILAR, a. [L. similis; Gr. omaloV.] Like; resembling; having a like form or appearance. Similar may signify exactly alike, or having a general likeness, a likeness in the principal points. Things perfectly similar, in their nature, must be of the same essence, or homogeneous; but we generally understand similar to denote a likeness that is not perfect. Many of the statutes of Connecticut are similar to the statutes of Massachusetts on the same subjects. The manners of the several states of New England are similar, the people being derived from common ancestors.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: dissimilar]
2: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike, similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike]
3: 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" [syn: like, similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike]
4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings
5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French similaire, from Latin similis like, similar — more at same Date: 1611 1. having characteristics in common ; strictly comparable 2. alike in substance or essentials ; corresponding <no two animal habitats are exactly similar — W. H. Dowdeswell> 3. not differing in shape but only in size or position <similar triangles> <similar polygons> • similarly adverb Synonyms: similar, analogous, parallel mean closely resembling each other. similar implies the possibility of being mistaken for each other <all the houses in the development are similar>. analogous applies to things belonging in essentially different categories but nevertheless having many similarities <analogous political systems>. parallel suggests a marked likeness in the development of two things <the parallel careers of two movie stars>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 like, alike. 2 (often foll. by to) having a resemblance. 3 of the same kind, nature, or amount. 4 Geom. shaped alike. Derivatives: similarity n. (pl. -ies). similarly adv. Etymology: F similaire or med.L similaris f. L similis like

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Similar 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Similar Sim"i*lar, n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. If one thing is similar to another, or if two things are similar, they have features that are the same. ...a savoury cake with a texture similar to that of carrot cake... The accident was similar to one that happened in 1973. ...a group of similar pictures. ? different ADJ: oft ADJ to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Like, resembling. 2. Homogeneous, uniform.

Moby Thesaurus

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