similar meaning
EN
[ˈsɪmələ] [ˈsɪməlɚ] 
US 
- NounPLsimilars
- 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.
- That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
- AdjectiveCOMmore similarSUPmost similar
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
- (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.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Alas, Jess Mabe's "Bittersweet" has a similar nickname for the Sculder baby, and Jean Robinson's "When Old Friends Meet" is likewise obsessed with dolls.
- Most of the officers were dressed in [ … ] a bluish-grey frock-coat of a colour similar to Austrian yagers.
- The overall intraperson variation in INSL3 levels between points was 26%, which is similar to the 21% day-to-day variation reported by Ivell et al.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Similar to topramezone, herbicides such as chlorotoluron and metflurazon can be N-demethylated to their primary metabolites.
- Similar to parasympathetically mediated HR-slowing, Fingolimod-related HR-slowing is reversed by atropine or mitigated by alpha 1-receptor-agonists.
- Similar statistical tools were used to assess the positive and negative effects of salinity, inoculum size, and temperature on cyst and planozygote formation by A.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of similar in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en similarly
- en similarity
- en similars
- en similary
- fr similarité
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "similar" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.