samankaltaisempi

Samankaltaisempi is the comparative form of the Finnish adjective samankaltainen, meaning "more similar" or "more alike." It is formed by the regular Finnish comparative suffix -mpi applied to adjectives in -inen/-lainen type stems: samankaltainen → samankaltaisempi. The word is used to express a greater degree of similarity between two or more items, often in constructions with kuin ("than") or kuin muut ("than others").

As a Finnish adjective, samankaltaisempi inflects for case and number according to standard comparative patterns. Examples of common forms include genitive samankaltaisemman, partitive samankaltaisempaa, nominative plural samankaltaisemmat and partitive plural samankaltaisempia. It can function attributively before a noun (samankaltaisempi ratkaisu, "a more similar solution") or predicatively (Tämä on samankaltaisempi kuin tuo, "This is more similar than that").

Synonyms and near-synonyms include expressions like enemmän samanlainen or läheisempi kontekstista riippuen, while antonyms might be erottuvampi or vähemmän samankaltainen. Usage notes: comparative degree in Finnish may also be expressed periphrastically with adverbs (enemmän), but the synthetic comparative (samankaltaisempi) is more compact and common in formal writing.