the same

noun

1

: someone or something that is exactly like another person or thing being discussed or referred to

He ordered the salmon, and I had the same.

All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.

The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.

2

: exactly like each other or very similar to each other

The lunch specials are always the same.

No two fingerprints are ever the same.

3

: someone or something that has not changed : something that is exactly like it was at an earlier time

After the accident, he was never quite the same again.

Things would never be the same without you!

Examples of the same in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ukraine said Monday's attack on the same location killed at least 55 people, near the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

A couple of decades on, Skepta, another of the grime scene’s early architects, borrows the same icy palette and sparse arrangement for a different account. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026

Multiple photos of the same complex’s ruins following the earthquakes show that at least some of those defective stirrups were never rectified, experts said. — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Around the same time, Meridian Police responded to a local hospital after a 15-year-old shooting victim was being treated for injuries initially considered to be serious, but were not life-threatening. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 8 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the same

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• airframe
• ballgame
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• disclaim
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