identical

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #6237

Meanings

1

adj
Exactly the same; impossible to tell apart.

My car is identical to the one my mom just bought.
2

adj
Describing twins that developed from a single egg and look exactly alike.

The identical twins fooled their teacher all the time.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · exactly the same;... same selfsame

2 adj · describing twins that... monovular

More indifferentnondifferentselfundifferentundifferentiated

Opposites

contrasting different distinctnon-identicalopposite

Word family

Derived forms alloidenticalbioidenticalhalf-identicalhaploidenticalidenticalismidenticalityidentically identicalnessnonidenticalself-identicalsemi-identicalsemperidentical

Related forms identify identity

Etymology

From identic + -al.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# identical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 6237

## Meanings
1. Exactly the same; impossible to tell apart.
2. Describing twins that developed from a single egg and look exactly alike.

## Examples
- My car is identical to the one my mom just bought.
- The identical twins fooled their teacher all the time.

## Synonyms
- indifferent
- nondifferent
- self
- undifferent
- undifferentiated

## Antonyms
- contrasting
- different
- distinct
- non-identical
- opposite

## Derived Forms
- alloidentical
- bioidentical
- half-identical
- haploidentical
- identicalism
- identicality
- identically
- identicalness
- nonidentical
- self-identical
- semi-identical
- semperidentical

## Related Forms
- identify
- identity

## Etymology
From identic + -al.

## AI Etymology
Identical comes from identic + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Exactly the same; impossible to tell apart” and “Describing twins that developed from a single egg and look exactly alike”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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