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Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 151.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable.

   My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back.

2. adjective Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
3. adjective Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
4. noun That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
5. noun A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

Similar words

alike quasi analogous suchlike synonymous corresponding connatural correspondent like-minded standardized

Often followed by

to in manner results way circumstances fashion situation and

Word family

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