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same

adjective

1 it turned out that we were staying at the same hotel:

the identical, the very same, selfsame, one and the same, the very.

▷antonyms another, different.

2 all three patients had the same symptoms:

matching, identical, alike, duplicate, carbon-copy, twin, paired, coupled, double, indistinguishable, interchangeable, corresponding, equivalent, parallel, (all) of a piece, like, like (two) peas in a pod, comparable, similar, correlative, congruent, tallying, agreeing, concordant, consonant.

▷antonyms different, dissimilar.

3 the Allied landings took place that same month:

selfsame, aforesaid, aforementioned.

▷antonyms another.

4 international hotels tend to provide the same menu worldwide:

unchanging, unchanged, changeless, unvarying, unvaried, invariable, constant, consistent, uniform, regular.

▷antonyms different, varying.

noun

Louise would have said the same:

the same thing, the aforementioned, the aforesaid, the above-mentioned.

□ all the same

1 I was frightened all the same:

in spite of that/everything, nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, however, but, still, yet, though, be that as it may, for all that, despite that/everything, after everything, having said that, just the same, at the same time, in any event, come what may, at any rate, notwithstanding, regardless, anyway, anyhow;

informal still and all;

archaic howbeit, withal, natheless.

2 it's all the same to me—see if I care:

immaterial, of no importance, of no consequence, inconsequential, unimportant, of no matter/moment, of little account, irrelevant, insignificant, trivial, petty, slight, inappreciable.

▷antonyms of great importance.

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hom(e)o- related prefix, as in homosexual, homeopathy

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See identical.