Synonyms of dissimilar

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adjective

(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsi-mə-lər 

as in different

being not of the same kind

a place where people with dissimilar backgrounds can interact

Synonyms & Similar Words

• different
• diverse
• distinctive
• distinct
• distinguishable
• other
• disparate
• varied
• unlike
• unalike
• distant
• various
• divergent
• differentiable
• several
• nonidentical
• mixed
• sundry
• miscellaneous
• variant
• alternative
• unequal
• discriminable
• individual
• alternate
• particular
• single
• disproportionate
• divers
• peculiar

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• similar
• same
• identical
• parallel
• like
• indistinguishable
• kindred
• equal
• kin
• comparable
• alike
• equivalent
• related
• analogous
• tantamount
• selfsame
• akin
• homologous
• homogeneous
• uniform
• homogenous
• homological

dissimilarity

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noun

(ˌ)di(s)-ˌsi-mə-ˈler-ə-tē 

as in difference

the quality or state of being different

the effectiveness of a metaphor largely depends upon the superficial dissimilarity of the two things being compared

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difference
• distinctness
• distinctiveness
• diversity
• contrast
• distinction
• disparity
• discrepancy
• diverseness
• distance
• disagreement
• divergence
• unlikeness
• dissimilitude
• variation
• otherness
• variability
• disparateness
• variance
• deviance
• modification
• change
• distinguishability
• differentiability
• imbalance
• friction
• incongruity
• discordance
• incongruence
• discord
• discriminability
• inequality
• disunity
• disproportion
• conflict
• strife
• dichotomy
• incompatibility
• dissension
• dissent
• nonconformity
• dissention
• dissidence
• incongruousness
• nonequivalence
• anomalousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• similarity
• resemblance
• community
• analogy
• sameness
• likeness
• identity
• agreement
• accordance
• conformity
• correspondence
• alikeness
• parallelism
• congruity
• similitude
• equality
• equivalence
• analogousness
• identicalness
• uniformity
• homogeneity
• equivalency
• homogeneousness

Examples of dissimilar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Knotless goddess boho braids aren’t too dissimilar to knotless box braids. —L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024

And in some contexts, England is not that dissimilar to the United States, and certainly in that area of the United States. —Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

Noun

The underlying grayscale dissimilarity matrices represent the Euclidean distances between each pair of models, used as inputs to k-means clustering. —Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2012

However, due to their structural dissimilarity, their interactions with these receptors differ slightly. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2023