Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Of an unlike kind; different
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Synonyms: different, differing, dissimilar, diverse, other, unalike, unlike
Antonyms: alike, akin, comparable, conformable, corresponding, homologous, identical, same, similar, twin
adjective
not alike or similar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dissimilar
Antonyms: alike(p)
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *galīkaz Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz Old English unġelic Middle English unylich English unalike Inherited from Middle English unylich, from Old English unġelic, from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + alike.
