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US
/ˈsɪməɫɝ/
]
[ UK /sˈɪmɪlɐ/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪmɪlɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of words) expressing closely related meanings
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resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
a limited circle of like minds
a dreamlike quality
doglike devotion
as like as two peas in a pod
members of the cat family have like dispositions
suits of like design -
marked by correspondence or resemblance
they wore similar coats
problems similar to mine
similar food at similar prices -
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
interchangeable parts
interchangeable electric outlets -
having the same or similar characteristics
friends are generally alike in background and taste
they looked utterly alike
all politicians are alike
How To Use similar In A Sentence
- Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass).
- So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir. Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone
- As for the problem…one wonders if the africanized honeybee is having similar problems or if it is limited to the “domesticated” variety. Bees still alive and buzzing | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
- The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
- But of course Buchco is hideous and wrong, we need to raise taxes and let's throw in free college tuition too tsk stk btw, neither of you seemned to be aware the mayor of Pittsburgh just announced a similar "homestead" program where Pittsburgh residents will get their tution paid in an effort to get people to move to Pittsburgh. Radio alert.
- Similarly, a firm may value worker characteristics that are unobservable to employment agencies but quite observable to family and friends.
- Pisonia has large leaves and could be said to look similar to crotons except without the yellow and red colours.
- The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds.
- Similarly, managers and directors appeared to share an equivalent value orientation to the fans and were more receptive to their opinions.
- Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
