Similarity

ET CETERA /ˌet ˈsetərə/ /ˌɪt ˈsetərə/ (n).

# Etc. Used after a list to show that there are other things that you could have mentioned.


AND SO ON (idiom).

# [Also AND SO FORTH] Used at the end of a list to show that it continues in the same way.

We discussed everything - When to go, what to see and so on (or and so forth). 


SUCHLIKE /ˈsʌtʃlaɪk/;

# (determiner) other similar.

Food, drink, clothing and suchlike provisions.


# (pronoun) the types of things mentioned.

You could buy brushes, paint, varnish and suchlike there.


... AND SUCH (idiom).

# And similar things or people.

The centre offers activities like canoeing and sailing and such.


SUCH AND SUCH /ˈsʌtʃ ən sʌtʃ/ (determiner).

# Used to refer to something that you do not want to name or say exactly.

If they tell you to arrive at such and such a time, just get there a couple of minutes early.


AS SUCH (idiom).

# As the word is usually understood; in the exact sense of the word.

The new job is not a promotion as such, but it has good prospects.

"Well, did they offer it to you?" "No, not as such, but they said I had a good chance".


SUCH AS (idiom).

# For example.

>>> See more at: Including; 


# Of a kind that; like.

Opportunities such as this did not come every day.


SUCH 

# 


DITTO /ˈdɪtəʊ/;

# (adv) Used to agree with something that has just been said, or to avoid repeating something that has been said; as said before; similarly.

"I hate reality TV shows" - "Ditto."

Local residents are opposed to the proposal. Ditto many members of the city council (= they are also opposed).

It rained Saturday and it rained Sunday. Ditto Monday. 


AKIN /əˈkɪn/ (adj).

# ​To be akin to something: similar to something.

What he felt was more akin to pity than love.

She was wearing something akin to a pineapple on her head.

This game is closely akin to hockey.


ALIKE /əˈlaɪk/ (adv).

# (idiom) In a very similar way.

They tried to treat all their children alike.


# (idiom) Used after you have referred to two people or groups, to mean "both" or "equally".

Good management benefits employers and employees alike.


# (idiom) Great minds think alike: ​(informal, humorous) used to say that you and another person must both be very clever because you have had the same idea or agree about something.


# (idiom) Share and share alike: ​(saying) used to say that everyone should share things equally and in a fair way.


# (adj) [not before noun] Very similar.

My sister and I do not look alike.

Airports are all alike to me.

Though John and Andrew look exactly alike, they act quite differently.


SIMILAR 


SIMILARLY 


SIMILARITY 


RELATIVE 


RESPECT


EXERCISE 


ACTIVITY 


REGARDS 


MENTION 


ALTERNATIVE (n):


ALTERNATIVE (adj): 


ALTERNATIVELY (adv):


CORRESPOND TO 


CORRESPONDING 


proposition /ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn/ (n): 

# a thing that you intend to do; a problem, task or person to be dealt with.

SYNONYM matter;

Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.


Matter 

issue 


whatsit /ˈwʌtsɪt/ (n):

# (especially British English, informal) ​used when you cannot think of the word or name you want, or do not want to use a particular word.

I've got to make a whatsit for the party. That's it - a flan.


allusion /əˈluːʒn/ (n):

# [countable, uncountable] (formal) ​allusion (to somebody/something) l something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way (= alludes to it).