HyperDic: dissimilar

English > 2 senses of the word dissimilar:
ADJECTIVEalldissimilarnot similar
alldissimilar, unalikenot alike or similar
dissimilar > pronunciation
Soundsdihsih'mahler
Rhymesalveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler...
English > dissimilar: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningnot similar.
Examples
  • "a group of very dissimilar people"
  • "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"
  • "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"
  • "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem"
Attribute ofsimilarityThe quality of being similar
See alsodifferentUnlike in nature or quality or form or degree
Oppositesimilarmarked by correspondence / correspondence or resemblance
Spanishdiferente, distinto
Catalandiferent
Nounsdissimilaritythe quality of being dissimilar / dissimilar
English > dissimilar: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningnot alike or similar.
Synonymunalike
Attribute oflikeness, alikeness, similitudesimilarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
Oppositealike, similar, likeHaving the same or similar characteristics / characteristics
Spanishdiferente, distinto
Nounsdissimilaritythe quality of being dissimilar / dissimilar

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