unlike
1un·like
adjective \-ˈlīk\Definition of UNLIKE
: not like: as a : marked by lack of resemblance : different <the two books are quite unlike> b : marked by inequality : unequal <contributed unlike amounts>
— un·like·ness noun
Examples of UNLIKE
- a comparison of unlike things
- <you're trying to compare very unlike things—like those proverbial apples and oranges>
First Known Use of UNLIKE
13th century
Related to UNLIKE
- Synonyms
- disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike, different
Rhymes with UNLIKE
alike, apelike, armlike, barnlike, bearlike, belike, birdlike, bladelike, boatlike, boxlike, called strike, catlike, childlike, Christlike, clawlike, claylike, clocklike, dirgelike, dirt bike, dislike, doglike, dreamlike, feel like, first strike, fishlike, flu-like, fly-strike, garpike, godlike, grasslike, handspike, hitchhike, homelike, horselike, hymnlike, jazzlike, Klondike, lifelike, mislike, moonlike, nunlike, parklike, pealike, push-bike, rampike, ratlike, rent strike, restrike, ringlike, rocklike, rootlike, ropelike, scalelike, sharklike, sheaflike, shrimplike, shunpike, snakelike, sphinxlike, springlike, suchlike, tanklike, ten-strike, trail bike, trancelike, turnpike, Updike, Vandyke, Van Dyck, warlike, wavelike, whalelike, wifelike, winglike, wraithlike
2unlike
prepositionDefinition of UNLIKE
: not like: as a : different from <a landscape unlike any other> b : not characteristic of <it was unlike him to be late> c : in a different manner from <spoke clearly, unlike the others>
Examples of UNLIKE
- The plants that grow here are unlike the plants that grow where I live.
- She's unlike anyone I've ever met.
First Known Use of UNLIKE
circa 1592
3unlike
conjunctionDefinition of UNLIKE
: in a manner that is different than : not as
Usage Discussion of UNLIKE
The use of unlike as a conjunction is less common than conjunctive use of like and, while criticized, is not as frequently cited as an error. The conjunctive unlike almost always introduces a prepositional phrase <unlike in other areas, the judiciary cannot justify its attempt … as a necessary evil — Alexandra M. Walsh, Stanford Law Review>. In spite of criticism, this conjunctive use of unlike is well established in both American and British English.
First Known Use of UNLIKE
1949
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