identical

Pluralidenticals

1. 1
   adjective

   Exactly the same as something else, with no difference you can see.

   Like two copies of the same photo: you can't tell them apart.

   The two phones looked identical, right down to the scratch on the back.

   Her handwriting was identical to her older sister's.

   Similarsame, matching, indistinguishable, duplicate, twin

   Oppositedifferent, dissimilar, distinct, unlike

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2. 2
   adjective

   Being the very same one, not a different or separate thing.

   Like learning that two different names belong to one and the same person.

   The thief and the quiet gardener turned out to be the identical person.

   The morning star and the evening star are identical. Both are the planet Venus.

   Similarsame, selfsame, very

   Oppositedifferent, separate, distinct

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3. 3
   adjective

   Of twins, born from one egg and sharing the same genes.

   Like two copies made from one and the same original.

   The identical twins fooled their teachers for the whole school year.

   Doctors confirmed that the babies were identical, not fraternal.

   Similarmonozygotic

   Oppositefraternal, dizygotic

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4. 4
   adjective

   Exactly equal, with no difference in value at all.

   Like two piles that hold exactly the same number of coins.

   The two algebra expressions are identical for every value of x.

   After simplifying, both sides of the equation turned out to be identical.

   Similarequivalent, equal

   Oppositedifferent, unequal

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   One of a pair of twins who share the same genes.

   In the twin study, the identicals were much closer in height than the other pairs.

   Growing up as an identical, she was always being mistaken for her sister.

   Oppositefraternal

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A thing that has exactly the same properties as another thing.

   Like two things so alike that nothing at all sets one apart from the other.

   A perfect identical, sharing every property, would be impossible to tell from the original.

   Philosophers ask whether two true identicals could really count as separate things.

   Similarduplicate, double, twin, replica, copy

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A rhyme that repeats the very same end sound, as in 'leave' and 'believe'.

   Critics dismissed the couplet's rhyme as an identical rather than a real one.

   Beginning songwriters often fall back on identicals when fresh rhymes are hard to find.

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