similar A2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/ UK /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/ See IPA manual 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... alikelikecomparable More akinalliedconformablecorrespondinghomologousidenticalsametwin ↔ Opposites differentdissimilaruniqueunlike Word family Derived forms antisimilarbisimilarhaplosimilarnonsimilaroversimilarself-similarsimilarilysimilarishsimilaritonsimilaritysimilarizesimilarly Common collocations similar situation Adjective + noun broadly similar Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown