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

The risk of getting a new cancer also looked about the same whether researchers focused on people who had already survived five years or looked at their risk over their entire lifetime. —Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026

In truth, this is the same argument, beloved of parents, that the whole point of the universe was to produce one particular child. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Can the United States defend its allies and interests from military aggression and remain a republic at the same time? —Jason Willick, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2026

The size of the audience is a lot bigger, but the work remains the same. —Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the same

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