Standard Lemma guide

identical

adj · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
  • /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • My car is identical with the one my mom has just bought.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Exactly equivalent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparable, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: usually pluralized

Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An identical twin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective

Meaning 9

(of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • identical twins are monovular

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monovular

Antonyms: fraternal

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

coinciding exactly when superimposed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • identical triangles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: superposable

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

having properties with uniform values along all axes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective satellite

Meaning 12

exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rows of identical houses
  • cars identical except for their license plates
  • they wore indistinguishable hats

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indistinguishable

Antonyms: none provided

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

being the exact same one; not any other:

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this is the identical room we stayed in before
  • the themes of his stories are one and the same
  • saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
  • on this very spot
  • the very thing he said yesterday
  • the very man I want to see

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: selfsame(a), very(a)

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From identic + -al.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: identiese — bearing full likeness
  • Asturian: idénticu — bearing full likeness
  • Asturian: cuspíu — bearing full likeness
  • Bulgarian: еднакъв (ednakǎv) — bearing full likeness
  • Bulgarian: идентичен (identičen) — bearing full likeness
  • Catalan: idèntic — bearing full likeness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相同 (xiāngtóng) — bearing full likeness
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同一 (tóngyī) — bearing full likeness
  • Czech: identický — bearing full likeness
  • Czech: shodný — bearing full likeness
  • Danish: identisk — bearing full likeness
  • Dutch: identiek — bearing full likeness
  • Dutch: identieke — bearing full likeness
  • Esperanto: egala — bearing full likeness
  • Esperanto: identa — bearing full likeness
  • Esperanto: ekzakte la sama — bearing full likeness
  • Finnish: identtinen — bearing full likeness
  • Finnish: samanlainen — bearing full likeness
  • French: identique — bearing full likeness
  • Galician: idéntico — bearing full likeness
  • German: identisch — bearing full likeness
  • Greek: απαράλλακτος (aparállaktos) — bearing full likeness
  • Hungarian: egyforma — bearing full likeness
  • Hungarian: ugyanolyan — bearing full likeness
  • Hungarian: ugyanilyen — bearing full likeness
  • Irish: comhionann — bearing full likeness
  • Italian: identico — bearing full likeness
  • Japanese: 同一の (dōitsu no) — bearing full likeness
  • Japanese: そっくりの (sokkuri no) — bearing full likeness
  • Kazakh: барабар (barabar) — bearing full likeness
  • Kazakh: бірдей (bırdei) — bearing full likeness
  • Kazakh: ұқсас (ūqsas) — bearing full likeness
  • Khmer: ដូចគ្នា (douc kniə) — bearing full likeness
  • Korean: 동일한 (dong'ilhan) — bearing full likeness
  • Korean: 똑같은 (ttokgateun) — bearing full likeness
  • Macedonian: идентичен (identičen) — bearing full likeness
  • Māori: oropapa — bearing full likeness
  • Nepali: उस्ताउस्तै (ustāustai) — bearing full likeness
  • Norwegian Bokmål: identisk — bearing full likeness
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: identisk — bearing full likeness
  • Polish: identyczny — bearing full likeness
  • Polish: jednaki — bearing full likeness
  • Polish: jednakowy — bearing full likeness
  • Portuguese: idêntico — bearing full likeness
  • Russian: иденти́чный (identíčnyj) — bearing full likeness
  • Russian: одина́ковый (odinákovyj) — bearing full likeness
  • Scottish Gaelic: aon — bearing full likeness
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceart — bearing full likeness
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceudna — bearing full likeness
  • Scottish Gaelic: dearbh — bearing full likeness
  • Spanish: idéntico — bearing full likeness
  • Spanish: clónico — bearing full likeness
  • Swedish: identisk — bearing full likeness
  • Thai: เดียวกัน (diao-gan) — bearing full likeness
  • Turkish: aynı — bearing full likeness
  • Turkish: tıpa tıp aynı — bearing full likeness
  • Ukrainian: тото́жний (totóžnyj) — bearing full likeness
  • Ukrainian: одна́ковий (odnákovyj) — bearing full likeness
  • Ukrainian: іденти́чний (identýčnyj) — bearing full likeness
  • Vietnamese: hệt — bearing full likeness
  • Vietnamese: y hệt — bearing full likeness
  • Vietnamese: đồng nhất — bearing full likeness
  • Bulgarian: същият (sǎštijat) — selfsame
  • Czech: totožný — selfsame
  • Finnish: sama — selfsame
  • French: le même — selfsame
  • French: la même — selfsame
  • French: les mêmes — selfsame
  • French: identique — selfsame
  • Hungarian: azonos — selfsame
  • Hungarian: ugyanaz — selfsame
  • Hungarian: egyező — selfsame
  • Hungarian: megegyező — selfsame
  • Korean: 동일한 (dong'ilhan) — selfsame
  • Korean: 바로 그 (baro geu) — selfsame
  • Polish: identyczny — selfsame
  • Polish: jednaki — selfsame
  • Polish: jednakowy — selfsame
  • Russian: иденти́чный (identíčnyj) — selfsame
  • Russian: тожде́ственный (toždéstvennyj) — selfsame
  • Russian: тот же са́мый (tot že sámyj) — selfsame
  • Bulgarian: еднояйчен (ednojajčen) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同卵 (tóngluǎn) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Czech: jednovaječný — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Danish: enægget — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Dutch: identiek — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Dutch: identieke — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Dutch: eeneiig — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Esperanto: unuovola — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Finnish: identtinen — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Finnish: samamunainen — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • French: monozygote — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • French: monovulaire — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • French: mono-ovulaire — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • German: eineiig — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Hungarian: egypetéjű — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Italian: monovulari — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Italian: monozigoti — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Japanese: 一卵性の (ichiransei no) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Luxembourgish: eeneeëg — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enegget — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enegga — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einegga — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Polish: jednojajowy — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Portuguese: idêntico — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Portuguese: idênticos — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Portuguese: idêntica — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Portuguese: idênticas — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Russian: иденти́чный (identíčnyj) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Russian: одноя́йцевый (odnojájcevyj) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Swedish: enäggstvilling — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Ukrainian: однояйце́вий (odnojajcévyj) — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Welsh: unwy — of twins, such that they share the same genetic code
  • Bulgarian: тъждествен (tǎždestven) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Esperanto: identa — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Finnish: identtinen — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • German: gleich — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Hungarian: identikus — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Japanese: 同一の (dōitsu no) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Korean: 동일한 (dong'ilhan) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Korean: 항등의 (hangdeung-ui) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Polish: przystający — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Russian: тожде́ственный (toždéstvennyj) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Swedish: identisk — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Tagalog: kasiyanga — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Turkish: eşit — mathematics: exactly equivalent
  • Ukrainian: тото́жний (totóžnyj) — mathematics: exactly equivalent
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