adj
dissimilar
dih-SIH-mih-luh
adj
1
Not alike; different in nature or appearance.
"The two proposals are not entirely dissimilar."
"Their backgrounds are quite dissimilar despite growing up in the same town."
How to Use Dissimilar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDifferent from something else; not similar.
Easily confused with
dissemble
Common pairings
dissimilar to
not dissimilar
dissimilar in nature
Word Forms
more dissimilar comparative, dissimilars plural, most dissimilar superlative
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Etymology
From dis- + similar.