1. not similar (Freq. 1) - 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 • Ant: similar • Derivationally related forms: dissimilarity • Attrubites: similarity 2. not alike or similar - as unalike as two people could be • Syn: unalike • Ant: alike (for: unalike) • Derivationally related forms: dissimilarity • Attrubites: likeness, alikeness, similitude 3. marked by dissimilarity - for twins they are very unlike - people are profoundly different • Syn: unlike, different • Ant: like (for: unlike) • Derivationally related forms: difference (for: different), differ (for: different), dissimilarity, unlikeness (for: unlike)
