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

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɪmələ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsɪməlɚ/

similar

1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, 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.

2. (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
3. (mathematics, linear algebra) Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

• (with common characteristics) akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin

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

• French: similaire, semblable
• German: ähnlich, vergleichbar
• Italian: simile, somigliante, rassomigliante
• Portuguese: parecido, semelhante, similar
• Russian: подо́бный
• Spanish: similar, semejante, parecido, parejo, equiparable

• German: ähnlich
• Italian: simile
• Russian: подо́бный
• Spanish: semejante

similar (plural similars)

1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.

   Hyponyms: lookalike, soundalike; biosimilar; imitation; simulacrum

2. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.