Definition of identical
- the identical place we stopped before
- identical hats
- identical infections
We visited the identical place we stopped at last year.
They were wearing identical coats.
The boxes were identical in shape.
They drove virtually identical cars.
The results were identical to those of the first test.
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First Known Use: 1581
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeardifferent, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike, unlike;
akin, alike, analogous, comparable, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, like, look-alike, matching, parallel, similar, such, suchlike, synonymous, tantamount;
: exactly the same
: exactly alike or equal
See words that rhyme with identical Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for identical Spanish Central: Translation of identical Nglish: Translation of identical for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of identical for Arabic speakers
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