dissimilar (adj.)

  1. not similar; a group of very dissimilar people; a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm; their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own; took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem'

  2. not alike or similar; as unalike as two people could be

    [ Syn: unalike ]

  3. marked by dissimilarity; for twins they are very unlike; people are profoundly different

    [ Syn: unlike , different ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.