Similar I Adjective ˈsɪmələ(R ˈsɪmələr Interests Experiment Repeated

• we have very similar interests.
• the experiment was repeated, with similar results.
• i came across a similar situation last year.
• the brothers look very similar.

similar

1. like somebody/something but not exactly the same
• OPPOSITE different
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• We have very similar interests.
• The experiment was repeated, with similar results.
• I came across a similar situation last year.
• The brothers look very similar.
• The three portraits are remarkably similar.
• My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.
• The case is strikingly similar to another case from the 1990s.
• The two houses are similar in size.
• All the narratives follow a similar pattern.
• The disease attacks the immune system in a similar way to AIDS.
• She easily won today, and hopes to carry on in a similar vein tomorrow.
• Stir the paint with a piece of wood or something similar.

Extra Examples

• The scene in the picture was eerily similar to what I had seen in my dream.
• Their experiences are superficially similar.
• countries with broadly similar characteristics
• All our patients have broadly similar problems.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (also as a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis ‘like’.