same
adjectives
same in identity
"the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
antonym
is similar to
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
"works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges"
is similar to
being the exact same one; not any other:
"this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"
closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
"curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
is similar to
having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
"note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
is similar to
conforming in every respect
"boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
is similar to
having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)
"a suburb of cookie-cutter houses"
is similar to
exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different
"rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"
is similar to
presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament
"synoptic sayings"
see also
having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
"on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"
see also
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
"suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality"
see also
marked by correspondence or resemblance
"similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
equal in amount or value
"like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
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