dissimilar
/dɪˈsɪmɪlə
/adjective
Not the same; different: a collection of dissimilar nations lacking overall homogeneity the pleasures of the romance novel are not dissimilar from those of the chocolate bar...
- One pair was even found to be as dissimilar as prints from different people.
- It would be hard to think of two European nations more dissimilar, historically, than the Italians and the Scots.
- Different geographical areas connect to the debates on globalisation in dissimilar ways.
Synonyms
different, differing, unlike, unalike, varying, variant, various, diverse, heterogeneous, disparate, unrelated, distinct, contrasting, contradictory, poles apart;
divergent, mismatched, inconsistent
informal like chalk and cheese
literary divers, myriad
rare contrastive
Derivatives
dissimilarly
- Not dissimilarly, this mechanical device has revolutionized, no pun intended, the experience of dining out.
- Football clubs used a brace of strikers not dissimilarly.
- A junction between dissimilarly doped semiconductor layers sets up a potential barrier in the cell, which separates the light-generated charge carriers.
Origin
Late 16th century: from dis- (expressing reversal) + similar, on the pattern of Latin dissimilis, French dissimilaire.