unlike

¹un·like

adj \-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

1. a comparison of unlike things
2. <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

Antonyms: alike, identical, indistinguishable, kin, kindred, like, parallel, same, similar

Related Words: divers, miscellaneous, mixed, several, sundry, variant, varied, various; differentiable, discriminable; alternate, alternative, individual, particular, peculiar, single; disproportionate, divergent, unequal

Near Antonyms: equal, selfsame; equivalent, tantamount; akin, analogous, comparable, homological, homologous, related; homogeneous, homogenous, uniform

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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