dissimilar

adjective

(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsi-mə-lər How to pronounce dissimilar (audio)
Definition of dissimilarnext
as in different
being not of the same kind a place where people with dissimilar backgrounds can interact

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Recent Examples of dissimilar Car batteries are not too dissimilar to the AA batteries in your TV’s remote control. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Many of the challenges that trans and nonbinary young folks are experiencing aren’t so dissimilar to the larger LGBTQ community. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 17 July 2026 Ramping up an agent is not entirely dissimilar to ramping up a human employee. — Thenuka Karunaratne, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 In 2022, Rushdie was on stage at a literary event — a setup not too dissimilar from this evening at the Porto Colloseum — when he was stabbed 15 times by a then 25-year-old man named Hadi Matar. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dissimilar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimilar
  1. different
  2. diverse
  3. distinctive
  4. distinct
Adjective
  • The two questions the high court will examine include how the Employment Division‘s rule on a law’s neutrality should be applied and if the 10th Circuit should have used a different precedent as its guide, rather than the Employment Division.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The aircraft have different sizes and operating capabilities, but investigators have not indicated whether those differences contributed to the collision.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of different
Adjective
  • The addition of Kenneth Walker III has made all of the offense more diverse and opened a bit more space for Mahomes to find receivers.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • From microwave weapons that can disable multiple drones to interceptor missiles and electronic warfare systems, the US military is developing a diverse toolkit to counter the growing threat from unmanned aircraft.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverse
Adjective
  • Altadena had a distinctive and cherished identity before the fire.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The tiny Norwegian archipelago, 68 degrees north of the Arctic Circle and two flights from Oslo, is a distinctive and dramatic landscape with spiky mountains rising from the Norwegian Sea and sandy beaches fringed by fjords.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinctive
Adjective
  • Ideas can be measured through semantic distance, which is a way of quantifying how distinct individual concepts are.
    — Roger Beaty, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Netflix logged 21 positions spread over 18 series, the broadest range of distinct titles of the platforms the report examined.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinct

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“Dissimilar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimilar. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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