be similar's Usage Examples:

differs from infusion and percolation, the resultant liquids can sometimes be similar in their effects, or general appearance and taste.

Its appearance may be similar to some other rashes that occur in skin folds including candidal intertrigo.

proportions used it can range from a runny consistency to fairly thick, and can be similar to tapioca pudding or rice pudding.

While the general idea of a public company may be similar, differences are meaningful, and are at the core of international law.

Male and female individuals of a species may be similar, or have physical differences (sexual dimorphism).

metalworking, such as machining, metal stamping, forging, and casting, may be similar in shape and function, but those processes are not classified as fabrication.

Rfam is designed to be similar to the Pfam database for annotating protein families.

minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix that can be similar to or different from the composition of the fragments.

" Galena, which can be similar in appearance to hematite, is easily distinguished by its gray streak.

holds that the present-day meaning of a word or phrase should necessarily be similar to its historical meaning.

Yunnan (1960) considers it to be similar to Sani of Shilin County.

Such titles are adopted for a wide variety of reasons, and may be similar or nearly identical to an individual's birth name.

tropical moist broadleaf forest in Central America, for example, may be similar to one in New Guinea in its vegetation type and structure, climate, soils.

The galaxy was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is thought to be similar to the Milky Way Galaxy, although X-ray observations show that NGC 4945.

Type II supernova SN 1990K was detected in NGC 150, and was reported to be similar to SN 1987A.

pləˈnɪʃiə/ is a large plain on Mercury with a smooth floor, thought to be similar to a lunar mare.

It was designed also to be similar to the ground hurling that was once prevalent in Ireland, but has been.

only the red channel is selected by the weighting then the effect will be similar to that of using a red filter on panchromatic film.

These blocks can be similar to the basic structural units found in the corresponding crystalline phase.

Jupiter (essentially, a "Jupiter analog"), suggesting that its system may be similar to that of the Solar System.

Synonyms:

akin; mistakable; same; similarity; correspondent; corresponding; confusable; connatural; sympathetic; quasi; analogous; kindred;

Antonyms:

dissimilarity; different; dissimilar; unsympathetic; uncongenial;