same

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (adjective) Identical; not different or other; unchanged.

  2. 2.

    (adjective) Of an identical type; exactly similar.

  3. 3.

    (pronoun) The same thing; the identical item previously mentioned.

  4. 4.

    (adverb) In the same way; similarly.

Related words

Antonyms: different, dissimilar, distinct, other
See also: different, identical, similar
Synonyms: alike, equivalent, identical, matching

Etymology

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr ("same"), from Proto-Germanic samaz ("same"), from Proto-Indo-European somHós ("same"). Cognate with Old English same ("similarly"), Gothic sama ("same"), and Sanskrit sama ("even, same").