noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
Canada, General-American:[ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
Canada, General-American:/ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/
Canada, General-American:[ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
Canada, General-American:/ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ti/
Canada, General-American:[ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ɾi]
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Australian:/ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
Australian:[ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
New-Zealand:/ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/
New-Zealand:[ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
rhymes with -æɹɪti
CMU ARPABET:S IH2 M AH0 L EH1 R AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Closeness of appearance to something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The relation of sharing properties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The property of two matrices being similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: linear-algebra, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being similar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: law of similarity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
History
Etymology
From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
ngjashmëri
— closeness of appearance
Arabic:
تَشَابُه
(tašābuh)
— closeness of appearance
Arabic:
شَبَه
(šabah)
— closeness of appearance
Armenian:
նմանություն
(nmanutʻyun)
— closeness of appearance
Asturian:
asemeyanza
— closeness of appearance
Asturian:
semeyanza
— closeness of appearance
Azerbaijani:
bənzərlik
— closeness of appearance
Azerbaijani:
oxşarlıq
— closeness of appearance
Belarusian:
падабе́нства
(padabjénstva)
— closeness of appearance
Belarusian:
падо́бнасць
(padóbnascʹ)
— closeness of appearance
Bulgarian:
схо́дство
(shódstvo)
— closeness of appearance
Bulgarian:
подо́бие
(podóbie)
— closeness of appearance
Bulgarian:
при́лика
(prílika)
— closeness of appearance
Catalan:
semblança
— closeness of appearance
Catalan:
similitud
— closeness of appearance
Chinese Mandarin:
相似
(xiāngsì)
— closeness of appearance
Chinese Mandarin:
類似 /类似
(lèisì)
— closeness of appearance
Crimean Tatar:
oşama
— closeness of appearance
Crimean Tatar:
oşav
— closeness of appearance
Crimean Tatar:
beñzme
— closeness of appearance
Crimean Tatar:
beñzev
— closeness of appearance
Czech:
podobnost
— closeness of appearance
Danish:
lighed
— closeness of appearance
Dutch:
gelijkenis
— closeness of appearance
Egyptian:
mi-t
(mjt)
— closeness of appearance
Esperanto:
simileco
— closeness of appearance
Estonian:
sarnasus
— closeness of appearance
Estonian:
samalaadsus
— closeness of appearance
Finnish:
samankaltaisuus
— closeness of appearance
Finnish:
yhtäläisyys
— closeness of appearance
French:
similarité
— closeness of appearance
French:
similitude
— closeness of appearance
West-Frisian:
likenis
— closeness of appearance
Friulian:
someance
— closeness of appearance
Galician:
semellanza
— closeness of appearance
Galician:
similitude
— closeness of appearance
Georgian:
მსგავსება
(msgavseba)
— closeness of appearance
German:
Ähnlichkeit
— closeness of appearance
Greek:
ομοιότητα
(omoiótita)
— closeness of appearance
Ancient Greek:
ὁμοιότης
(homoiótēs)
— closeness of appearance
Hebrew:
דִּמְיוֹן
(dimyón)
— closeness of appearance
Hindi:
समानता
(samāntā)
— closeness of appearance
Hindi:
समरूपता
(samrūptā)
— closeness of appearance
Hungarian:
hasonlóság
— closeness of appearance
Ilocano:
apiring
— closeness of appearance
Ilocano:
ariring
— closeness of appearance
Italian:
similarità
— closeness of appearance
Italian:
somiglianza
— closeness of appearance
Japanese:
類似
(ruiji)
— closeness of appearance
Japanese:
類似性
(ruijisei)
— closeness of appearance
Japanese:
相似
(sōji)
— closeness of appearance
Kazakh:
ұқсастық
(ūqsastyq)
— closeness of appearance
Kazakh:
ұқсастылық
(ūqsastylyq)
— closeness of appearance
Kazakh:
жанасым
(janasym)
— closeness of appearance
Korean:
유사
(yusa)
— closeness of appearance
Korean:
유사성
(yusaseong)
— closeness of appearance
Korean:
닮음
(dalmeum)
— closeness of appearance
Korean:
상사
(sangsa)
— closeness of appearance
Kyrgyz:
окшоштук
(okşoştuk)
— closeness of appearance
Latin:
similitūdō
— closeness of appearance
Latvian:
līdzība
— closeness of appearance
Lithuanian:
panašumas
— closeness of appearance
Macedonian:
сличност
(sličnost)
— closeness of appearance
Malayalam:
സാമ്യം
(sāmyaṁ)
— closeness of appearance
Malayalam:
സാദൃശ്യം
(sādr̥śyaṁ)
— closeness of appearance
Norwegian Bokmål:
likhet
— closeness of appearance
Persian:
تشابه
(tašâboh)
— closeness of appearance
Persian:
شباهت
(šabâhat)
— closeness of appearance
Plautdietsch:
Änlichkjeit
— closeness of appearance
Polish:
podobieństwo
— closeness of appearance
Portuguese:
semelhança
— closeness of appearance
Portuguese:
similaridade
— closeness of appearance
Romanian:
similaritate
— closeness of appearance
Russian:
схо́дство
(sxódstvo)
— closeness of appearance
Russian:
подо́бие
(podóbije)
— closeness of appearance
Russian:
схо́жесть
(sxóžestʹ)
— closeness of appearance
Scottish Gaelic:
coltas
— closeness of appearance
Serbo-Croatian:
сли̏чно̄ст
— closeness of appearance
Serbo-Croatian:
slȉčnōst
— closeness of appearance
Slovak:
podobnosť
— closeness of appearance
Slovene:
podobnost
— closeness of appearance
Spanish:
semejanza
— closeness of appearance
Spanish:
similaridad
— closeness of appearance
Swedish:
likhet
— closeness of appearance
Swedish:
similaritet
— closeness of appearance
Tagalog:
pagkakahawig
— closeness of appearance
Tagalog:
wangis
— closeness of appearance
Tajik:
шабоҳат
(šabohat)
— closeness of appearance
Tajik:
монандӣ
(monandi)
— closeness of appearance
Telugu:
సారూప్యత
(sārūpyata)
— closeness of appearance
Telugu:
ఒకే పోలిక
(okē pōlika)
— closeness of appearance
Thai:
ความคล้าย
— closeness of appearance
Thai:
ความเหมือน
— closeness of appearance
Turkish:
benzerlik
— closeness of appearance
Ukrainian:
схо́жість
(sxóžistʹ)
— closeness of appearance
Ukrainian:
поді́бність
(podíbnistʹ)
— closeness of appearance
Urdu:
شباہت
(śabāhat)
— closeness of appearance
Urdu:
مشابہت
(muśābahat)
— closeness of appearance
Uyghur:
ئوخشاشلىق
(oxshashliq)
— closeness of appearance
Uzbek:
oʻxshashlik
— closeness of appearance
Venetan:
somejansa
— closeness of appearance
Vietnamese:
sự giống nhau
— closeness of appearance
Vietnamese:
sự tương tự
— closeness of appearance
Vietnamese:
sự đồng dạng
— closeness of appearance
Yiddish:
ענלעכקייט
(enlekhkeyt)
— closeness of appearance