similar
Adjective
(en adjective )
Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
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*: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.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
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(mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of operations of rotation, translation and scaling.
Synonyms
* (with common characteristics) akin, alike, comparable, identical, same, twin
Antonyms
* (alike) different, unlike
Noun
(en noun )
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
(homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease
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simile
English
Noun
(en-noun)
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like” or ”as .
- A simile is like a metaphor.
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- My father is a quiet man — With sober, steady ways; — For simile , a folded fan; — His nights are like his days.
Hypernyms
* figure of speech
See also
* (wikipedia)
* metaphor
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* – an appendix containing many similes
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