similar
adjective
[ ˈsɪmɪlə ]
• having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.
• "a soft cheese similar to Brie"
Similar:
alike,
(much) the same,
indistinguishable,
close,
near,
almost identical,
homogeneous,
interchangeable,
kindred,
akin,
related,
much of a muchness,
comparable,
like,
corresponding,
parallel,
equivalent,
analogous,
matching,
much the same as,
comparable to,
close to,
near (to),
in the nature of,
similar
noun
• a person or thing similar to another.
• "he was one of those whose similar you never meet"
• a substance that produces effects resembling the symptoms of particular diseases (the basis of homeopathic treatment).
• "the principle of treatment by similars"
Origin:
late 16th century (also as a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis ‘like’.
