dissimilar

[dih-sim-uh-ler, dis-sim-]

adjective

1. not similar; unlike; different.

   Synonyms: individual, diverse, disparate, distinct

dissimilar

/ dɪˈsɪmɪlə /

adjective

1. not alike; not similar; different

Other Word Forms

• dissimilarly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissimilar¹

First recorded in 1615–25; dis- ¹ + similar

Example Sentences

Downstairs in the exhibition galleries is his related sculpture of a folding card-table and four metal chairs, rendered in not dissimilar Brobdingnagian proportions.

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Ellis, meanwhile, has a nearly 14-year-old son who is in what she calls a “teenage, hormonal place” — not that dissimilar to Emily, who has three slacker teenagers obsessed with video games.

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That as humans, we are more alike than we are dissimilar.

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These are, after all, promises that are not dissimilar in nature to those they would need to keep if they were successful in their bid to reach Number 10.

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In a separate but not dissimilar timeline, Perry was enjoying the height of pop stardom in the 2010s.

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Related Words

• antithetical 
• contradictory 
• disparate 
• divergent 
• diverse 
• offbeat