similar
/ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.
adj
Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
adj
Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
noun
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
Example Sentences
- "My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back."
- "So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams."
- "Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads."
Etymology
From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/
- British English: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/