similar to
Not unlike at all
Similar to marks resemblance or likeness between things: Her style is similar to her mother's.
It introduces comparisons where things share qualities without being identical.
The phrase functions like "like" or "resembling" but sounds slightly more formal: The symptoms are similar to those of the flu.
Often interchangeable with "like," though "similar to" emphasizes degree of resemblance rather than direct comparison.
- alikeSharing key features
- resemblingShowing similarity to
- spitting imageExact likeness of another
- akinRelated in nature
- cut from the same clothFundamentally alike in nature
comparable · analogous · in the same vein · matching · parallel · birds of a feather · equivalent · two peas in a pod · close · near · twin · carbon copy · mirror · echo · chip off the old block · kindred · related · along the lines of
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- resemblanceresemble, alike, lookalike, likeness, twin
- comparison symbolsless than, greater than, greater than or equal, not equal
- math symbolsplus, minus, equals, divide, multiply
similar, similarly, similarity, similarities, dissimilar, dissimilarity, assimilate, assimilated, assimilating