dissimilar meaning and definition

DISSIMILAR adjective

Definition of dissimilar (adjective)

1. 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"
   • antonym: similar
2. not alike or similar
   • "as unalike as two people could be"
   • synonyms: unalike
   • antonym: alike
3. marked by dissimilarity
   • "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
   • synonyms: different, unlike
   • antonym: like