Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Unlike; different.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unlike as to appearance, properties, or nature; not similar; different; heterogeneous: as, dissimilar features; dissimilar dispositions.
  • In botany, having different forms in the same individual, as the anthers in the genus Cassia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not similar; unlike; different

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not similar
  • adjective not alike or similar
  • adjective marked by dissimilarity

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

dis- +‎ similar

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word dissimilar.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.