similarity UK /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/US /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/ noun4 •Closeness of appearance to something else. •The relation of sharing properties.Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — 1857 •A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances •The property of two matrices being similar. formssimilarities