Despite being related, the two languages are very dissimilar and, at first glance, do not appear to have anything to do with each other.
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Dissimilar
Synonyms for "dissimilar" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνόμοιος adj (not similar)
Bashkir
1 entries- башҡа adj (not similar)
Belarusian
2 entries- адро́зны adj (not similar)
- непадо́бны adj (not similar)
Breton
1 entries- disheñvel adj (not similar)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неприличащ adj (not similar)
- несхо́ден adj (not similar)
- различен adj (not similar)
Danish
1 entries- ulig adj (not similar)
Dutch
1 entries- ongelijk adj (not similar)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsimila adj (not similar)
Finnish
1 entries- erilainen adj (not similar)
French
2 entries- différent adj (not similar)
- dissemblable adj (not similar)
Galician
1 entries- disimilar adj (not similar)
Georgian
1 entries- უცხო adj (not similar)
German
1 entries- ungleich adj (not similar)
Greek
1 entries- ανόμοιος adj (not similar)
Irish
2 entries- difriúil adj (not similar)
- éagsúil adj (not similar)
Latin
2 entries- dispār adj (not similar)
- dissimilis adj (not similar)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ulik adj (not similar)
Portuguese
1 entries- dissimilar adj (not similar)
Russian
4 entries- непохо́жий adj (not similar)
- несхо́дный adj (not similar)
- несхо́жий adj (not similar)
- отли́чный adj (not similar)
Slovene
1 entries- nepodoben adj (not similar)
Spanish
2 entries- desemejante adj (not similar)
- disímil adj (not similar)
Swedish
1 entries- olik adj (not similar)
Ukrainian
3 entries- відмі́нний adj (not similar)
- неподі́бний adj (not similar)
- несхо́жий adj (not similar)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
My preferences are very dissimilar to yours.
Source: tatoeba (6028278)
White vervain is sometimes confused with nettles, but its inflorescence is completely dissimilar.
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I've received many questions from students asking about choices and methods of reading. My answers have never led to anything productive. I think it's not dissimilar to asking what kind of person you should love or which kind of love you should have.
Source: tatoeba (9987502)
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