Definition of similar

"similar" in the adjective sense

1. similar

marked by correspondence or resemblance

"similar food at similar prices"

"problems similar to mine"

"they wore similar coats"

2. alike, similar, like

having the same or similar characteristics

"all politicians are alike"

"they looked utterly alike"

"friends are generally alike in background and taste"

3. like, similar

resembling or similar having the same or some of the same characteristics often used in combination

"suits of like design"

"a limited circle of like minds"

"members of the cat family have like dispositions"

"as like as two peas in a pod"

"doglike devotion"

"a dreamlike quality"

4. similar

of words) expressing closely related meanings

5. exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised

capable of replacing or changing places with something else permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability

"interchangeable electric outlets"

"interchangeable parts"

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Quotations for similar

In a similar matter.

Great affectation and great absence of it are at first sight very similar. [ Whately ]

Two similar faces, neither of which alone causes laughter, use laughter when they are together, by their resemblance. [ Pascal ]

That two men may be real friends, they must have opposite opinions, similar principles, and different loves and hatreds. [ Chateaubriand ]

O Time! Time! how it brings forth and devours! And the roaring flood of existence rushes on forever similar, forever changing! [ Carlyle ]

As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds. [ Colton ]

If you seek warmth of affection from a similar motive to that from which cats and dogs and slothful persons hug the fire, you are on the downward road. [ Thoreau ]

We are foolish, and without excuse foolish, in speaking of the superiority of one sex to the other, as if they could be compared in similar things! Each has what the other has not; each completes the other; they are in nothing alike; and the happiness and perfection of both depend on each asking and receiving from the other what the other only can give. [ Ruskin ]

similar in Scrabble®

The word similar is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters similar:

SIMILAR
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIMILAR
(86 = 36 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word similar

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In similar

SIMILAR
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similar in Words With Friends™

The word similar is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters similar:

SIMILAR
(98 = 63 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

similar

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word similar

SIMILAR
(98 = 63 + 35)
SIMILAR
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In similar

SIMILAR
(98 = 63 + 35)
SIMILAR
(86 = 51 + 35)
SIMILAR
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