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Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmɪlə/

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Definition of similar

adjective

  • having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical:a soft cheese similar to Brie northern India and similar areas
  • Geometry (of geometrical figures) having the same shape, with the same angles and proportions, though of different sizes.

noun

  • 1chiefly archaic a person or thing similar to another: he was one of those whose similar you never meet
  • 2 (usually similars) a substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment):the principle of treatment by similars

Origin:

late 16th century (also as a term in anatomy meaning 'homogeneous'): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis 'like'

The standard construction for similar is with to, as in I’ve had problems similar to yours. However, in British English, the construction similar as is sometimes used instead, as in I’ve had similar problems as yourself. This is not accepted as correct in standard English.

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Definition of similar in the US English dictionary