Word UNLIKE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

unlike

🇺🇸 [ʌnˈlaɪk]

Meanings

Used to indicate a contrast or difference between two things. It points out that one thing is not similar to another in some way. It is often used to emphasize distinctiveness or dissimilarity.

Examples

• Unlike his brother, John prefers to stay home.
• The new movie is unlike anything I've ever seen before.
• Her approach to solving the problem was unlike any other.

Synonyms

dissimilar to • contrary to • different from

Antonyms

similar to • like • identical to