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–adjective

1.	having a likeness or resemblance, esp. in a general way: two similar houses.

2.	Geometry. (of figures) having the same shape; having corresponding sides proportional and corresponding angles equal: similar triangles.

3.	Mathematics. (of two square matrices) related by means of a similarity transformation.

[Origin: 1605–15; earlier similary < F similaire or ML similāris, equiv. to L simil(is) like, similar (akin to simul together; cf. simplex) + -āris -ar¹

]

—Related forms

sim·i·lar·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. like, resembling. See same.

—Antonyms 1. different.

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adj.

Related in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
Mathematics Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures: similar triangles.

[French similaire, from Latin similis, like; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

sim'i·lar·ly adv.

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1611 (earlier similary, 1564), from Fr. similaire, from an extended form of L. similis "like," from Old L. semol "together," from PIE base *sem-/*som- "same" (see same).

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adjective
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] [ant: dissimilar]
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] [ant: different]
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]

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similar [ˈsimilə] adjective

(often with to) alike in many (often most) ways
Example: My house is similar to yours; Our jobs are similar.

Arabic:	مُتَشابِه
Chinese (Simplified):	相似的
Chinese (Traditional):	相似的
Czech:	podobný
Danish:	magen til; af samme slags
Dutch:	gelijksoortig
Estonian:	sarnane
Finnish:	samanlainen
French:	semblable
German:	ähnlich
Greek:	όμοιος, παρόμοιος
Hungarian:	hasonló
Icelandic:	líkur, áþekkur
Indonesian:	serupa
Italian:	simile

Japanese:	似ている
Korean:	유사한, 비슷한
Latvian:	līdzīgs
Lithuanian:	panašus
Norwegian:	liknende
Polish:	podobny
Portuguese (Brazil):	similar, semelhante
Portuguese (Portugal):	parecido
Romanian:	asemănător
Russian:	похожий, подобный
Slovak:	podobný
Slovenian:	podoben
Spanish:	similar, semejante, parecido
Swedish:	lik, liknande, likartad
Turkish:	benzer

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As*sim"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.]

1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.

To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John Bright.

Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all objects. --Cowper.

2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]

3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. --Sir I. Newton.

His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. --Merivale.

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Re*sem"ble\ (r?-z?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).] [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]

1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

We will resemble you in that. --Shak.

2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.]

The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. --Spenser.

3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." --Holland.

4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] --H. Bushnell.

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Same\, a. [AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. ?, Skr. sama, Gr. ? like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. [root]191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]

1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. --Ps. cii. 27.

2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.

The ethereal vigor is in all the same. --Dryden.

3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.

What ye know, the same do I know. --Job. xiii. 2.

Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. --Daniel.

Note: Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.

Bees like the same odors as we do. --Lubbock.

[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. --Macaulay.

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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.

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

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Simi"*le\, n.; pl. Similes. [L., from similis. See Similar.] (Rhet.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.

A good swift simile, but something currish. --Shak.

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Si*mil"i*tude\, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar.]

1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. --Chaucer.

Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. --Milton.

If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. --Pope.

2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.

Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. --Dryden.

3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.

Man should wed his similitude. --Chaucer.

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Sim"u*late\, a. [L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.] Feigned; pretended. --Bale.

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Ver`i*sim"i*lar\, a. [L. verisimilis; verus true + similis like, similar. See Very, and Similar.] Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. "How verisimilar it looks." --Carlyle.

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