Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun same

2 senses of same

Sense 1
Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame -- (a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer)
       => European -- (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Sense 2
Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame -- (the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula)
       => Lappic, Lappish -- (any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages)

Antonyms of adj same

4 senses of same

Sense 1
same (vs. other) -- (same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street")

other (vs. same) -- (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction")
        => different -- (distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether")
        => another (prenominal), some other -- (any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day")
        => different -- (distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community")
        => new (prenominal) -- (other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction")
        => opposite -- (the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex"; "the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors")
        => opposite -- (being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles")
        => opposite -- (moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite directions"; "they went in opposite directions")
        => otherwise -- (other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise")

Sense 2
same (vs. different) -- (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year")

different (vs. same) -- (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one")
        => antithetic, antithetical -- (sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair")
        => assorted, various -- (of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior")
        => contrary -- (very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion")
        => contrasting, contrastive -- (strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors")
        => diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar -- (characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions")
        => divergent -- (diverging from another or from a standard; "a divergent opinion")
        => disparate -- (fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas")
        => distinct, distinguishable -- ((often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees")
        => diverse, various -- (distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth")
        => divers (prenominal), diverse -- (many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents")
        => opposite -- (altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade)
        => several (predicate) -- (distinct and individual; "three several times")
        => variant -- (differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling")

Sense 3
like (vs. unlike), same -- (equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number")


Sense 4
same (predicate) -- (unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever")

INDIRECT (VIA unchanged) -> changed -- (made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war")

Similarity of adj same

4 senses of same

Sense 1
same (vs. other) -- (same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street")
       => aforesaid (prenominal), aforementioned (prenominal), said (prenominal) -- (being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges")
       => identical, selfsame (prenominal), very (prenominal) -- (being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see")

Sense 2
same (vs. different) -- (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year")
       => assonant -- (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'")
       => comparable, corresponding, like -- (conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year")
       => cookie-cutter -- (having the same appearance (as if mass-produced); "a suburb of cookie-cutter houses")
       => duplicate -- (identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key")
       => homophonic -- (having the same sound)
       => identical, indistinguishable -- (exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats")
       => one (prenominal) -- (of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species")
       => synoptic, synoptical -- (presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament; "synoptic sayings")
          Also See-> equal#1; like#1, similar#3; similar#1; unvaried#1, unvarying#2

Sense 3
like (vs. unlike), same -- (equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number")
          Also See-> equal#1

Sense 4
same (predicate) -- (unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever")
       => unchanged (vs. changed) -- (not made or become different; "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged")

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