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English Dictionary: similar	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
similar adj marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" Antonym(s): dissimilar having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" Synonym(s): alike(p), similar, like Antonym(s): dissimilar, unalike 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" Synonym(s): like, similar Antonym(s): different, dissimilar, unlike (of words) expressing closely related meanings capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" Synonym(s): exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Similar \Sim"ilar\, n. That which is similar* to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Similar \Sim"ilar\, 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.