Definition of dissimilar Dissimilar

/dɪsɪˈmʌlɚ/ - [disimuler] - dis•sim•i•lar

We found 7 definitions of dissimilar from 5 different sources.

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What does dissimilar mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

dissimilar - not similar; "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"
dissimilar - marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
  unlike, different
dissimilar - not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be"
  unalike
  alikeness, likeness, similitude picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • dissimilar (a.)
    Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • dissimilar
    Not the same.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • dissimilar
    dis-sim′i-lar, adj. not similar: unlike in any respect: of different sorts.—ns. Dissimilar′ity, Dissimil′itude, unlikeness: want of resemblance.—adv. Dissim′ilarly.—ns. Dissimilā′tion, the act of rendering dissimilar; Dissim′ile, the opposite of a simile, a comparison by contrast

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