Meaning

3 senses

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

    My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

    ähnlich

    подо́бныйpodóbnyj, похо́жийpoxóžij, схо́жийsxóžij

    поді́бнийpodíbnyj, схо́жийsxóžyj

    having the same or similar characteristics

  2. Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.

    ähnlich

    подо́бныйpodóbnyj

    поді́бнийpodíbnyj

  3. Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.

Examples

702 sentences

  1. Your problem is similar to mine.

    Твоя проблема схожа на мою. — deniko

    ruТвоя проблема похожа на мою. — redscorp

    deDein Problem ist meinem ähnlich. — xtofu80

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  2. Your opinion is similar to mine.

    Твоя думка схожа на мою. — deniko

    ruТвоё мнение схоже с моим. — Lenin_1917

    deDeine Meinung ist ähnlich wie meine. — mayabe

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  3. My opinions are similar to his.

    Мої погляди схожі на його. — zaytsev126

    ruМои взгляды похожи на его. — zaytsev126

    deMeine Meinung ist ähnlich wie seine. — mayabe

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  4. I also heard a similar story.

    Я теж чув схожу історію. — benutzer

    ruЯ тоже слышал похожую историю. — Gruzilkin

    deIch habe auch schon eine ähnliche Geschichte gehört. — pinky

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  5. Tom is similar to his father.

    Том схожий на батька. — deniko

    ruТом похож на отца. — marafon

    deTom ähnelt seinem Vater. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable:
Русский
By meaning 1
having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable:

Origin

From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”)

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

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Forms

more similar, most similar
Comparativemore similar Lesson
Superlativemost similar Lesson

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
with common characteristics:alikeB1identicalB2sameA1twinB1akinalliedcomparablehomologouskindredconformable
correspondingB2
Close in meaning
  • resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination:like
  • having the same or similar characteristics:alikelike
  • capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability:exchangeableinterchangeablestandardizedstandardised

Antonyms

4 antonyms
alike:differentA1unlikeA2dissimilar
uniqueB1

Word family

16 related words
Relatedsimilarity
DerivedsimilarlyB1antisimilarbisimilarhaplosimilarnonsimilaroversimilarself-similarsimilarishsimilaritonsimilarizesimilarnesssimilarysimilectsubsimilarunsimilar

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • similar to mine
  • are very similar
  • had a similar
  • is similar to
  • very similar to
  • look very similar
  • a similar experience
  • a similar problem
  • something similar
  • similar problem
  • similar experience
  • are similar in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silverA2silverwareB2silverysimsimilarityB1similarlyB1similesimmer

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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