Definitions for dissimilar

dissimilar dis·sim·i·lar

Spelling: [dih-sim-uh-ler, dis-sim-]
IPA: /dɪˈsɪm ə lər, dɪsˈsɪm-/

Dissimilar is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 370 anagrams from letters in dissimilar (adiiilmrss).

Definitions for dissimilar

adjective

  1. not similar; unlike; different.

Origin of dissimilar

First recorded in 1615-25; dis-1 + similar

Examples for dissimilar

“It is not dissimilar from Putin using the Duma to ratify his annexation of the Crimea,” he said.

He was behind a boulder, not too dissimilar to Calhoun's breastwork.

What on earth can it be that two people so dissimilar as you and Strickland could aim at?

I might have known two brothers could not have been so dissimilar in nature.

But the underlying cause remains inscrutable—and still too dissimilar to draw general conclusions.

“An oath not dissimilar from what you took when you became a Marine officer,” he told Marshall.

He has a voice not dissimilar in timbre and penetrative ability to the incredibly annoying comedian Stephen Merchant.

Answers not dissimilar have been given before by other artists in like case.

Although controversial, this is not dissimilar to what other anti-crime groups have done in the past with male predators.

In all these cases, the contiguousness of similar, or dissimilar growths, is not stated.

Word Value for dissimilar
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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