similar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective marked by correspondence or resemblance
    • similar food at similar prices
    • problems similar to mine
    • they wore similar coats
  2. adjective having the same or similar characteristics
    alike; like.
    • all politicians are alike
    • they looked utterly alike
    • friends are generally alike in background and taste
  3. adjective resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
    like.
    • 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
  4. adjective satellite (of words) expressing closely related meanings
  5. adjective satellite capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
    standardised; interchangeable; exchangeable; standardized.
    • interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts

WordNet

Sim"i*lar adjective
Etymology
F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.
Definitions
  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.
Sim"i*lar noun
Definitions
  1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

Webster 1913