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i·den·ti·cal

identical

 
 
pronunciation:
aI den t kl [or] ih den t kl
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Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: the same; being the same entity.
They painted the outside, but this is the identical restaurant we ate in on our honeymoon.
synonyms:
same
antonyms:
different, differential, diverse
similar words:
very
definition 2: alike in every detail; equal in all aspects.
No two snowflakes are identical.
antonyms:
different, nonidentical, opposite, unequal
similar words:
equal, equivalent, even, indistinguishable, same, uniform
definition 3: alike in almost every aspect; very similar.
The women were surprised to see they were wearing identical dresses.My brother and I are identical twins, but there are ways to tell us apart.
 
antonyms:
different, diverse, unlike
similar words:
alike, like, same, twin
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)identical almost, essentially, functionally, genetically, nearly, necessarily, otherwise, practically, seemingly, virtually
(adj.)identical + adverb alike, apart
(adj.)identical + noun appearance, brick, clone, composition, content, copy, costume, counterpart, detector, dimension, essence, expression, format, gene, item, layout, marker, monkey, motif, mouse, outfit, packet, parameter, particle, pattern, pose, probability, profile, quadruplets, questionnaire, receptor, rotation, score, sequence, set, sibling, similarity, stimulus, strain, suit, triplet, twin, version, wording  [See all][See only the most frequent]