simular

American  

[sim-yuh-ler] / ˈsɪm yə lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that simulates; pretender.

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adjective

1. simulated; false; counterfeit.

2. imitative; simulative.

simular British  

/ ˈsɪmjʊlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that simulates or imitates; sham

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adjective

1. fake; simulated

Other Word Forms

• nonsimular noun
• unsimular adjective

Etymology

Origin of simular

1520–30; < Latin simul ( āre ) to simulate + -ar ², -ar ¹

Example Sentences

They revolve on their axes, simular to the world, from east to west, and have already reached the shores of the Pacifick oshun.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.

His eye-lids, soon, sleep, falling as a dew, Closed fast, death’s simular, in sight the same.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

If mi memory serves me right, the moshun ov the velosipead iz purely a crank moshun, simular tew the grind stun, and iz produced the same way, that the scizzor grinder stirs up his masheen.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.