similars
Things nearly alike
Things that resemble each other or share key characteristics.
The term appears most often in pharmaceutical contexts, where similars are generic or equivalent drugs: The pharmacy offered a similar at half the price.
In homeopathy, similars refers to the principle that like cures like—substances causing symptoms in healthy people may treat those symptoms in the sick.
Equivalent persons or things
- equivalentsThings of equal value
- matchesPairs that align
- analogsSimilar or corresponding things
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
substitutes · alternatives · replacements · proxies · stand-ins · surrogates · interchangeables · correlates
Makes identical versions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- facsimilesExact copies of something
- duplicatesIdentical reproductions
reproductions · carbon copies · lookalikes · doppelgangers · spitting images · doubles · twins · mirror images
Implicit comparison expressions
- similesExplicit comparative figures
- allegoriesSymbolic narrative works
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
- comparisonsAssessments of similarity/difference
parallels · correspondences · homologies · archetypes · exemplifications · illustrations
Shared traits or portraits
- semblancesOutward forms or appearances
- affinitiesNatural likenesses or attractions
- correspondencesMutual relations or similarities
- kinshipsFamily relationship ties
commonalities · shared traits · overlaps · congruences · convergences · echoes · reflections · approximations
counterparts
Equivalent persons or things
- equivalentsThings of equal value
- matchesPairs that align
- analogsSimilar or corresponding things
synonyms · substitutes · alternatives · replacements · proxies · stand-ins · surrogates · interchangeables · correlates · coequals
copies
Makes identical versions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- clonesGenetically identical copies
- facsimilesExact copies of something
duplicates · reproductions · carbon copies · lookalikes · doppelgangers · spitting images · doubles · twins · mirror images · imitations
metaphors
Implicit comparison expressions
- similesExplicit comparative figures
- allegoriesSymbolic narrative works
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
comparisons · parallels · correspondences · homologies · archetypes · exemplifications · illustrations
likenesses
Shared traits or portraits
- semblancesOutward forms or appearances
- affinitiesNatural likenesses or attractions
- correspondencesMutual relations or similarities
kinships · commonalities · shared traits · overlaps · congruences · convergences · echoes · reflections · approximations
similarsopposites
Terms with contrary meanings
contrasts · antitheses · counterparts · mismatches · alternatives
- similar toResembling in nature
- similar to me
- similar trianglesShapes with equal corresponding angles
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