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adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of same

1 resembling another in every respect

  • I bought the same shirt at the mall for five dollars less
Synonyms of same

coequal, duplicate, equal, even, identical, indistinguishable
Words Related to same

akin, alike, analogous, comparable, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, like, look-alike, matching, parallel, similar, such, suchlike, synonymous, tantamount
Phrases Synonymous with same

much of a muchness
Near Antonyms of same

differentiable, discriminable

divers, miscellaneous, sundry, varied, various
Antonyms of same

different, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike, unlike

2 being one and not another

  • thatʼs the same guy I saw down at the beach yesterday
Synonyms of same

identical, selfsame, very
Near Antonyms of same

differentiable, discriminable, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, unalike, unlike, varied, various
Antonyms of same

another, different, other

Synonym Discussion of same

same, selfsame, very, identical, equivalent, equal mean not different or not differing from one another. same may imply and selfsame always implies that the things under consideration are one thing and not two or more things.
    • took the same route
    • derived from the selfsame source
very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind.
    • the very point I was trying to make
identical may imply selfsameness or suggest absolute agreement in all details.
    • identical results
equivalent implies amounting to the same thing in worth or significance.
    • two houses equivalent in market value
equal implies being identical in value, magnitude, or some specified quality.
    • equal shares in the business

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