What can I use instead of unlike?
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Synonyms & Antonyms of unlike
- different,
- disparate,
- dissimilar,
- distant,
- distinct,
- distinctive,
- distinguishable,
- diverse,
What do you call when things are not the same or unlike?
What is another word for not the same?
| different | dissimilar |
|---|---|
| disparate | contrasting |
| distinct | distinctive |
| incompatible | inconsistent |
| unlike | clashing |
Is not unlike grammatically correct?
To simply re-phrase “not unlike something” means to be dissimilar. The word “unlike” is an adjective. A simple translation would be” “I do not like”. “unlike is not grammatically correct in American English.
What does the phrase not unlike mean?
“Not unlike” is slightly different than saying “like” much like saying “I love apples” is not the same thing as saying “I don’t hate apples.” It emphasizes a different degree of likeness. “Not unlike” just means that there exist similarities while “like” means they are similar.
What’s another word for unliked?
What is another word for unliked?
| unpopular | disliked |
|---|---|
| shunned | rejected |
| unloved | unwanted |
| friendless | detested |
| spurned | uncherished |
Why is not unlike a double negative?
Sometimes we say “not dissimilar to” as well. Whether it is a double negative depends how you define that term. The type of double negative that is condemned by traditional grammarians and considered unacceptable in standard English is the type where a double negative is used to express a negative sense.
What is the difference between like and unlike?
As prepositions the difference between unlike and like is that unlike is differently from; not in a like or similar manner while like is somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
How do you use Unlike in a sentence?
Unlike sentence example
- This was so unlike the girl I’d known for a lifetime.
- Unlike an elevator, it didn’t appear to move.
- His perspective was unique, unlike that of anyone else she’d ever met.
- He sounded pleased, unlike the moods he’d been in lately.
- Unlike her father, this creature was capable of sympathy.