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/ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/
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S IH1 M AH0 L ER0
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Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: homeopathy, medicine, sciences
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resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
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Synonyms: like
Antonyms: none provided
having the same or similar characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
all politicians are alike they looked utterly alike friends are generally alike in background and taste
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alike(p), like
Antonyms: none provided
marked by correspondence or resemblance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
similar food at similar prices problems similar to mine they wore similar coats
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dissimilar
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
interchangeable electric outlets interchangeable parts
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Synonyms: exchangeable, interchangeable, standardized, standardised
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
(of words) expressing closely related meanings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Across languages
Translations 162 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
i ngjashëm
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Arabic :
مُمَاثِل
(mumāṯil)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Armenian :
նման
(nman)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Asturian :
paecíu
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Asturian :
semeyante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Azerbaijani :
oxşar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Azerbaijani :
bənzər
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Belarusian :
падо́бны
(padóbny)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Bengali :
অনুরূপ
(onurup)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Bulgarian :
подо́бен
(podóben)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Bulgarian :
сходен
(shoden)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Burmese :
ဆန်
(hcan)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Catalan :
similar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Catalan :
semblant
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Chinese Cantonese :
差唔多
(caa1 m4 do1)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Chinese Mandarin :
類似 /类似
(lèisì)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Chinese Mandarin :
差不多
(chàbùduō)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Chinese Mandarin :
相似
(xiāngsì)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Wu Chinese :
差勿多
(1tsho-veq8-tu1)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Cornish :
haval
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Czech :
podobný
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Danish :
lignende
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Danish :
magen til
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Dutch :
dergelijk
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Dutch :
vergelijkbaar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Dutch :
soortgelijk
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Esperanto :
simila
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Evenki :
урэлды
(urəldi)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Faroese :
líkur
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Faroese :
líknandi
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Faroese :
átøkur
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Faroese :
álíkur
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Finnish :
samanlainen
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
French :
similaire
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
French :
semblable
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Friulian :
someant
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Friulian :
pareli
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Friulian :
simil
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Galician :
semellante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Georgian :
მსგავსი
(msgavsi)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
German :
ähnlich
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Gothic :
𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃
(galeiks)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Greek :
παρόμοιος
(parómoios)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Greek :
όμοιος
(ómoios)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ancient Greek :
ὅμοιος
(hómoios)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Hebrew :
דומה
(domé)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Hebrew :
משול
(mashúl)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Hindi :
समान
(samān)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Hindi :
अनुरूप
(anurūp)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Hungarian :
hasonló
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ido :
simila
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Indonesian :
serupa
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Indonesian :
mirip
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ingrian :
samantapain
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ingrian :
näköin
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Italian :
simile
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Italian :
somigliante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Italian :
rassomigliante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Japanese :
似ている
(nite iru)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Kazakh :
сияқты
(siäqty)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Kazakh :
ұқсас
(ūqsas)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Khmer :
ដូច
(douc)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Korean :
비슷하다
(biseuthada)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Korean :
같다
(gatda)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Kyrgyz :
окшош
(okşoş)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Lao :
ຄ້າຍ
(khāi)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Latin :
similis
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Latvian :
līdzīgs
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Lithuanian :
panašus
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Luxembourgish :
ähnlech
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Macedonian :
сличен
(sličen)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Malay :
serupa
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Malayalam :
സമാന
(samāna)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Māori :
oropapa
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Eastern Mari :
лишыл
(ĺišyl)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Khiamniungan Naga :
èm
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Norwegian Bokmål :
lignende
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Norwegian Bokmål :
liknende
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Norwegian Nynorsk :
liknande
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Occitan :
semblant
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Occitan :
semblari
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Church Slavic :
подобьнъ
(podobĭnŭ)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Old East Slavic :
подобьнъ
(podobĭnŭ)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Old English :
gelīc
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Persian :
مشابه
(mošâbe)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Persian :
مانند
(mânand)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Persian :
شبیه
(šabih)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Plautdietsch :
dämänlich
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Polish :
podobny
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Portuguese :
parecido
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Portuguese :
semelhante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Portuguese :
similar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romanian :
similar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romanian :
asemănător
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
sumegliant
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
semegliont
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
samagliànt
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
sumigliaint
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
sumgiaint
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Romansh :
sumgliaint
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Russian :
подо́бный
(podóbnyj)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Russian :
похо́жий
(poxóžij)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Russian :
схо́жий
(sxóžij)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Russian :
схо́дный
(sxódnyj)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Scottish Gaelic :
coltach
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Serbo-Croatian :
сли̏чан
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Serbo-Croatian :
slȉčan
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Slovak :
podobný
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Slovene :
podóben
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Spanish :
similar
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Spanish :
semejante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Spanish :
parecido
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Spanish :
parejo
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Spanish :
equiparable
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Swedish :
liknande
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tagalog :
hawig
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tagalog :
kahawig
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tajik :
монанд
(monand)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tajik :
шабеҳ
(šabeh)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tajik :
мушобеҳ
(mušobeh)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tatar :
охшаш
(oxşaş)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Tatar :
охшаган
(oxşağan)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Thai :
คล้าย
(kláai)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Turkish :
benzer
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Turkish :
müşabih
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Turkish :
mümasil
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Turkmen :
meňzeş
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ukrainian :
поді́бний
(podíbnyj)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Ukrainian :
схо́жий
(sxóžyj)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Urdu :
سمان
(samān)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Uyghur :
ئوخشاش
(oxshash)
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Uzbek :
oʻxshash
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Uzbek :
oʻxshagan
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Venetan :
somejante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Venetan :
somegiante
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Vietnamese :
giống
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Vietnamese :
tựa
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Vietnamese :
như
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Vietnamese :
giống như
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Vietnamese :
tựa như
— having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable
Armenian :
նման
(nman)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Bulgarian :
подобен
(podoben)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Chinese Mandarin :
相似
(xiāngsì)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Czech :
podobný
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Finnish :
yhdenmuotoinen
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Georgian :
მსგავსი
(msgavsi)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
German :
ähnlich
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Greek :
όμοιος
(ómoios)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Hebrew :
דומה
(domé)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Icelandic :
einslaga
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Icelandic :
einslagaður
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Icelandic :
einshyrndur
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Italian :
simile
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Japanese :
相似
(sōji)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Northern Kurdish :
hevşêwe
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Polish :
podobny
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Romanian :
asemenea
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Russian :
подо́бный
(podóbnyj)
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Serbo-Croatian :
sùkladan
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Spanish :
semejante
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Tagalog :
hawig
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
Tagalog :
kahawig
— of geometric figures, having the same shape
