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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
similar
    adj 1: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at
           similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore
           similar coats" [ant: dissimilar]
    2: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians
       are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are
       generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p),
       similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike]
    3: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same
       characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like
       design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the
       cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a
       pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: like,
       similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike]
    4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings
    5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
       permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or
       suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets"
       "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable,
       interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
   similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
   1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
      precisely like.
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   2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
      somewhat like; having a general likeness.
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   3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
      [1913 Webster]

   Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each
      other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
      of like parts similarly situated.

   Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several
      angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
      about the equal angles proportional.

   Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of
      similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
      inclination to one another.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n.
   That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in
   quality, form, etc.
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Thesaurus Results for similar:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
agnate, akin, alike, analogical, analogous, aped, approximate, approximating, approximative, be like, close, collatable, commensurable, commensurate, comparable, comparative, complementary, consimilar, consonant, copied, correlative, correspond to, corresponding, counterfeit, equivalent, ersatz, fake, favoring, following, homogeneous, homologous, identical, imitated, imitation, like, matchable, mimicked, mock, much at one, much the same, near, nearly reproduced, nearly the same, not unlike, parallel, phony, proximate, reciprocal, relatable, relative, resemble, resembling, simulated, smacking of, something like, suggestive of, synthetic, uniform, uniform with
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