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Same

/seɪm/ · adjective

Meaning

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  3. Similar, alike.
  4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  5. A reply of confirmation of identity.
  6. (used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally.
  7. The identical thing, ditto.
  8. Something similar, something of the identical type.

Example Sentences

I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
Our space may be really same (of equal curvature), but its degree of curvature may change as a whole with the time.
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
If two persons bore the same name, and confusion was likely to be caused, ambiguity was avoided by adding the name of the father […]
You have the same hair I do!
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

Synonyms for same

equalequivalentidenticalalikesimilarthis+1likelikewiseIAWTPcorrespondingcomparableselfduplicateindistinguishableassonantsynopticalsynoptic

Antonyms for same

anotherdifferentoppositeotherunequalunlike

Related Words

selfsameidenticalone and the samecomparableequivalentequalcorrespondingsynopticduplicatesynopticalaforesaidsaidveryaforementionedselfassonantlikeoneunchangedindistinguishable

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does same mean?

Same means Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical..

What is a synonym for same?

Common synonyms include equal, equivalent, identical, alike.

What is the opposite of same?

Possible antonyms include another, different, opposite, other.

How do you use same in a sentence?

I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.

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