# similar
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɪmələ/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɪməlɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

similar (comparative more similar, superlative most similar)
* Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
    My new car is similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.
** 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills, […] a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
** 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
* (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
* (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

#### Synonyms

* (with common characteristics): akin, allied, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “alike”): different, unlike, dissimilar

#### Derived terms

* in a similar vein
* self-similar
* similarity
* similarly
* similarness

#### Translations
### Noun

similar (plural similars)
* That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
    Hyponyms: lookalike, soundalike; biosimilar; imitation; simulacrum
* (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

#### Further reading

* “similar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “similar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin similāris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [si.miˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [si.miˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [si.miˈlaɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

similar m or f (masculine and feminine plural similars)
* similar
    Synonym: semblant

#### Related terms

* similitud

### Further reading

* “similar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /si.miˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /si.miˈlaʁ/ [si.miˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /si.miˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.miˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.miˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /si.miˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: si‧mi‧lar

### Adjective

similar m or f (plural similares)
* similar (having traits or characteristics in common)
    Synonyms: parecido, semelhante

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French similaire.

### Adjective

similar m or n (feminine singular similară, masculine plural similari, feminine and neuter plural similare)
* similar

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /simiˈlaɾ/ [si.miˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: si‧mi‧lar

### Adjective

similar m or f (masculine and feminine plural similares)
* similar
    Synonyms: semejante, parecido, símil (rare)
    Antonyms: desemejante, desigual, diferente, disímil, dispar, disparejo, diverso

#### Derived terms

* similarmente

#### Related terms

* similitud

### Further reading

* “similar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10