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

If billionaires are not going to change their behavior when taxed in such a fashion — in this case by leaving California — then there is no reason to not dun them next year in the same fashion and every year thereafter. — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Nix tossed a pair of touchdown passes, using the same play-call each time — leaking a back or wide receiver into the end zone. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

The pair are flip sides of the same coin; Kinney a speck of blue running in a red state, and Austin a Republican running in the Democratic stronghold of Connecticut. — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026

Instead, the same mistakes and clock-management problems keep showing up. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the same

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• disclaim
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