See Also: Similar(medicine)
Self-Similar(money)
Self similar(finance)
similar(dictionary)
similar(dictionary)
Confusion (Confusingly Similar)(law)

similar (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: similaire, from Latin similis 'like, similar']
almost the same
-see also alike alike
-opposite different different
::We have similar tastes in music.
::Both approaches seem to achieve similar results.
::A number of his friends had been affected in a similar way .
::The two products look quite similar .
similar to
::Her ideas are quite similar to mine.
similar in
::The two cars are very similar in size and design.
broadly/roughly similar
::The two groups have broadly similar aims.
remarkably/strikingly similar
::The speech was strikingly similar to one given by the American President earlier this year.
-see also similarly