similar

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/ UK /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #2518

Meanings

1

adj
Almost the same, sharing features but not exactly alike.

My new car is quite similar to my old one, but it has more space in the back.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · almost the same, sharing... alike like comparable

More akin allied conformable corresponding homologous identical same twin

Opposites

different dissimilar unique unlike

Word family

Derived forms antisimilarbisimilarhaplosimilarnonsimilaroversimilarself-similarsimilarilysimilarishsimilaritonsimilaritysimilarizesimilarly

Common collocations

similar situation Adjective + noun

Etymology

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

*sem- Proto-Indo-European similaire French similaris la-med similis Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

# similar

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə
**Frequency rank:** 2518

## Meanings
1. Almost the same, sharing features but not exactly alike.

## Examples
- My new car is quite similar to my old one, but it has more space in the back.

## Synonyms
- akin
- alike
- allied
- comparable
- conformable
- corresponding
- homologous
- identical
- same
- twin

## Antonyms
- different
- dissimilar
- unique
- unlike

## Derived Forms
- antisimilar
- bisimilar
- haplosimilar
- nonsimilar
- oversimilar
- self-similar
- similarily
- similarish
- similariton
- similarity
- similarize
- similarly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sem-
- Root: similaire
- Root: similaris
- Root: similis

## Etymology
From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).

## AI Etymology
Similar is from French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sem-, French similaire, la-med similaris, Latin similis. In current use it includes the sense Almost the same, sharing features but not exactly alike.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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