Definition of SAME

same

Meanings

Noun

  • a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
  • the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

Adjective

  • same in identity
    • "the same man I saw yesterday"
    • "never wore the same dress twice"
    • "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"
    • "on the same side of the street"
  • closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
    • "curtains the same color as the walls"
    • "two girls of the same age"
    • "mother and son have the same blue eyes"
    • "animals of the same species"
    • "the same rules as before"
    • "two boxes having the same dimensions"
    • "the same day next year"
  • equal in amount or value
    • "the same amount"
    • "the same number"

Adjective Satellite

  • unchanged in character or nature
    • "the village stayed the same"
    • "his attitude is the same as ever"

Adj

  • Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  • Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  • Similar, alike.
  • Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  • A reply of confirmation of identity.

Adv

  • The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, equally.
  • Together.

Pron

  • The identical thing, ditto.
  • Something similar, something of the identical type.
  • It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
  • It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

Intj

  • Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of -some, some.
Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).

Synonyms

+1, alike, equal, equivalent, IAWTP, identical, Lapp, Lapplander, like, likewise, Saame, Saami, Sami, similar, this

Scrabble Score: 6

same is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
same is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
same is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

same is a valid Words With Friends word