similar

English

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Mathematics: Figures shown in the same color are similar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɪmələ/, X-SAMPA: /"sIm@l@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsɪməlɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"sIm@l@`/

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Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of operations of rotation, translation and scaling.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (alike): different, unlike

Related terms

• similarity
• similarly
• similarness
• simulate
• simile

Translations

Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable

• Arabic: مماثل (ar) (momáθil)
• Armenian: նման (hy) (nman)
• Asturian: paecíu (ast)
• Bulgarian: подобен (bg) (podoben)
• Catalan: similar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 類似 (cmn), 类似 (cmn) (lèisì)

• Czech: podobný (cs) m
• Danish: lignende (da)
• Dutch: gelijkend (nl)
• Esperanto: simila (eo)
• Faroese: líkur (fo), líknandi (fo), átøkur (fo), álíkur (fo)
• Finnish: samanlainen (fi)
• French: similaire (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: ähnlich (de), vergleichbar (de)
• Greek: παρόμοιος (el) (parómoios), όμοιος (el) (ómoios)
• Hindi: समान (hi) (samān)
• Hungarian: hasonló (hu)

• Ido: simila (io)
• Indonesian: serupa (id)
• Italian: simile (it)
• Japanese: 似ている (ja) (nite iru)
• Korean: 비슷한 (ko) (biseuthan)
• Luxembourgish: ähnlech (lb)
• Norwegian: lignende (no)
• Polish: podobny (pl) m
• Portuguese: parecido (pt), semelhante (pt), similar (pt)
• Romanian: similar (ro), asemănător (ro)
• Russian: подобный (ru) (podóbnyj), похожий (ru) (poxóžij)
• Scottish Gaelic: coltach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: slȉčan (sh)
• Slovene: podóben (sl) m
• Spanish: similar (es), semejante (es), parecido (es)
• Swahili: lingana (sw)
• Swedish: lik (sv), liknande (sv)
• Turkish: benzer (tr)
• Urdu: سمان (ur) (samān)

of geometric figures, having the same shape

• Armenian: նման (hy) (nman)
• Czech: podobný (cs)
• Greek: όμοιος (el) (ómoios)
• Icelandic: einslaga (is) m, einslagaður (is) m, einshyrndur (is) m
• Polish: podobny (pl) m

• Russian: подобный (ru) (podóbnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sùkladan (sh)
• Spanish: semejante (es)
• Swahili: lingana (sw)

Noun

similar (plural similars)

1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease

External links

• similar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• similar in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Adjective

similar m, f (masculine and feminine plural similars)

1. similar

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Spanish

Adjective

similar m and f (plural similares)

1. similar

Synonyms

• parecido
• semejante
• símil

Antonyms

• desemejante
• desigual
• diferente
• disímil
• dispar
• disparejo
• diverso

Related terms

• similitud