English UsageGrammar guide
Similar To: Standard Pattern
Similar To: Standard Pattern replaces an already-owned preliminary Opposed intent with a directly documented, distinct construction page rather than reviving the earlier unsupported Similar To/With contrast.
Cambridge Grammar explicitly gives “similar to” as the pattern for comparing things that are alike but not entirely the same.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familycomparison complement
Termssimilar to
Further guidance
Construction
Cambridge Grammar explicitly lists similar to as the pattern.
Style Boundary
This guide records the supported construction only; it does not manufacture a parallel similar-with rule.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- Same, similar, identical — Cambridge Dictionary Grammar (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge Grammar evidence that similar and identical use the patterns similar to and identical to.