same

/seɪm/

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Also a noun and an adverb

Meaning

  1. Identical in nature, character, or quantity to something else.

    • We arrived at the conference wearing the exact same jacket.

  2. Being the very one previously referred to rather than another.

    • This is the same restaurant where we celebrated your promotion last year.

How it's used

This means “identical to”

  • the same as

“the same as mine.”

Her schedule is the same as mine this semester.

Collocations

  • exact same
  • much the same
  • stay the same
  • very same
  • all the same

Synonyms

  • identical
  • equivalent
  • alike

Antonyms

Idioms

  • same difference

    used casually to indicate that two things are essentially equal

    Whether we take a cab or the bus, it's the same difference.

  • same here

    used to agree with someone or express that the same applies to you

    You need a break from studying? Same here.

  • in the same boat

    facing the same difficult situation together

    None of us understand the new software, so we are all in the same boat.