SIMILAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does similar mean?
• SIMILAR (adjective)
The adjective SIMILAR has 5 senses:
1. marked by correspondence or resemblance
2. having the same or similar characteristics
3. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
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
Familiarity information: SIMILAR used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• SIMILAR (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by correspondence or resemblance
Context examples:
similar food at similar prices / problems similar to mine / they wore similar coats
Similar:
siamese; twin (very similar)
quasi (having some resemblance)
corresponding (similar especially in position or purpose)
connatural (similar in nature)
confusable; mistakable (so similar as to be easily identified for another thing)
analogous; correspondent (similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar)
akin; kindred; related (similar or related in quality or character)
Also:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Attribute:
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Antonym:
dissimilar (not similar)
Meaning:
Having the same or similar characteristics
Synonyms:
alike; similar; like
Context examples:
all politicians are alike / they looked utterly alike / friends are generally alike in background and taste
Attribute:
alikeness; likeness; similitude (similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things)
Meaning:
Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
Synonyms:
like; similar
Context examples:
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
Similar:
like-minded (of the same turn of mind)
look-alike (resembling closely)
suchlike (of the same kind)
Also:
same (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree)
Meaning:
(of words) expressing closely related meanings
Similar:
synonymous ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)
Meaning:
Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Synonyms:
standardized; standardised; interchangeable; exchangeable; similar
Context examples:
interchangeable electric outlets / interchangeable parts
Similar:
replaceable (capable of being replaced)
