Usually means: Having characteristics that are alike.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. similar: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. similar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. similar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. similar: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Similar, similar: Wordnik
  7. similar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. similar: Wiktionary
  9. similar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. similar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. similar: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. similar: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. similar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Similar (linear algebra), Similar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Similar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. similar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. similar: Rhymezone
  19. similar, similar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. similar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. similar: Free Dictionary
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  23. similar: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. similar: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. similar: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Similar (mathematics), similar: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. similar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SIMILAR: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. similar: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Similar: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. similar: MATH SPOKEN HERE!
  3. similar, similar, similar: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. similar: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
adjective:  (mathematics) Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional.
adjective:  (mathematics, linear algebra) 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.
noun:  (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.

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    beige,     taupe,     mauve,     blush,     lavender,     sage,     mint,     coral,     peach,     teal



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