- like somebody/something but not exactly the same
- 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.
- similar to somebody/something My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.
- The case is strikingly similar to another case from the 1990s.
- similar in something 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.
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (also as a term in anatomy meaning ‘homogeneous’): from French similaire or medieval Latin similaris, from Latin similis ‘like’.Want to learn more?
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