unlike - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | unlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, discordant, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, hostile, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, offbeat, opposed, opposite, separate, unequal, unrelated, variant, various, weird, apples and oranges, contrasted, disharmonious, far cry from, mismatched, not alike, poles apart, unalike |
| Antonyms: | alike, like, related, same, similar |
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| Main Entry: | disparate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at odds, different |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contrasting, discordant, discrepant, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, incommensurate, incompatible, inconsistent, separate, unequal, uneven, unlike, various, at variance, far cry, inconsonant, like night and day, poles apart, unalike, unequivalent, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, equal, like, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | dissimilar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alike; not capable of comparison |
| Synonyms: | antithetical, contradictory, contrary, different, disparate, distant, divergent, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, offbeat, opposite, unequal, unique, unlike, unrelated, various, weird*, antonymous, far cry, like night and day, march to a different drummer, mismatched, mismated, not similar, poles apart, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | alike, compatible, equal, matched, related, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divergent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | differing |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, antithetical, atypical, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, deviating, different, disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distant, diverse, factious, irregular, off-key, opposite, separate, unequal, unlike, unnatural, untypical, variant, various, diverging, factional, poles apart, unalike, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | agreeing, convergent, similar |
| Main Entry: | diverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different; various |
| Synonyms: | assorted, contradictory, contrary, contrasting, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed bag*, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, unequal, unlike, varied, varying, contrasted, contrastive, differing, diversified, diversiform, incommensurable, like night and day, unalike |
| Notes: | divers has the meaning 'several, many, various,' while diverse has the meaning 'different, unlike, variegated'; diverse derived from divers and was influenced by adverse and perverse |
| Antonyms: | alike, conforming, identical, like, parallel, similar, uniform |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heterogeneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, miscellaneous |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, composite, confused, conglomerate, contrary, different, discordant, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, incongruous, independent, inharmonious, jumbled, mixed, mongrel, mosaic, motley, multifarious, odd, opposed, unlike, unrelated, variant, varied, variegated, contrasted, diversified, mingled, multiplex, unallied |
| Antonyms: | homogeneous, identical, pure, single, unchanging, uniform |
| Main Entry: | motley |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed, varied |
| Synonyms: | assorted, conglomerate, dappled, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kaleidoscopic, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolored, rainbow, unlike, variegated, various, diversified, mingled, multicolor, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, varicolored, versicolor |
| Antonyms: | homogenous, like, same, similar, uniform, unmixed, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | unrelated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | independent; different |
| Synonyms: | beside the point*, dissimilar, extraneous, inapplicable, inappropriate, irrelevant, separate, unattached, unconnected, unlike, irrelative, mismatched, nongermane, not germane, not kin, not kindred, not related, unassociated |
| Antonyms: | dependent, related, relevant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | various |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miscellaneous, differing |
| Synonyms: | assorted, changeable, changing, different, discrete, disparate, distinct, distinctive, diverse, heterogeneous, individual, legion, manifold, many, multifarious, multitudinous, numerous, peculiar, populous, separate, several, sundry, unequal, unlike, variant, varied, variegated, all manner of, diversified, many-sided, multitudinal, omnifarious, unalike |
| Antonyms: | individual, same, similar, uniform |
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recent, fresh |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, contemporary, current, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, newfangled*, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span*, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful, brand-new, cutting-edge, dewy, just out, neoteric, uncontaminated, untrodden |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unequal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | disparate, dissimilar, distant, divergent, diverse, incommensurate, odd, uneven, unlike, unmatched, variable, various, varying, weird*, differing, like night and day, mismatched, not uniform, poles apart, unalike, unequivalent, unsimilar |
| Antonyms: | equal, identical, matched, same, similar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | other |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | contrasting, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, opposite, otherwise, remaining, separate, unequal, unlike, unrelated, variant, unalike |
| Antonyms: | same, similar, coinciding |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | unlikeness |
| Part of Speech: | |
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Adjectives: |
anomalous, as different as Macedon and Monmouth, as different as chalk from cheese, as like a dock as a daisy, cast in a different mold, disparate, dissimilar, diversified, far from it, new, no such thing, nothing of the kind, novel, of a different kind, original, quite another thing, unique, unlike, unmatched, unprecedented, very like a whale
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