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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.

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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

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Simplified etymology

Similar entered English in the mid-16th century from Latin similis, “like.” It was initially also an anatomical term meaning “homogeneous.” Simile, simulation, resemble, and semblance come from the same Latin source.

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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# 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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