Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Similar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in
quality, form, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
generaly alike in background and taste" [syn: {alike(p)},
{like}] [ant: {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}] [ant: {unlike}]
4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings
5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else;
"interchangeable parts" [syn: {exchangeable}, {interchangeable},
{standardized}, {standardised}]
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