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identical

Syllables: i·den·ti·cal/ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/

identical adjective: bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

Adjective

identical (comparative more identical, superlative most identical)

  1. (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
    • My car is identical with the one my mom has just bought.
    • By this means as many absolutely identical plates can be produced as may be required, and being hardened they will yield a very large number of prints without any appreciable deterioration.1911, “Bank-Notes”, in Encyclopædia Britannica
    Synonyms:
    same
  2. (not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
    • The best of the joke, too, is, that the very coal-merchant who is loudest in his complaints against the person who defrauded him, is the identical man who sat in the centre of the very front row of the pit last night and laughed the most boisterously at this very same thing,--and not so well done...1837, Charles Dickens, The Pantomime of Life
    • These men were grandsons of a certain Guntram, who, according to some authorities, is identical with a Count Guntram who flourished during the reign of the emperor Otto the Great, and whose ancestry can be traced back to the time of the Merovingian kings.1911, Arthur William Holland, “Habsburg”, in Encyclopædia Britannica
    Synonyms:
    same, selfsame
  3. (not comparable) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
  4. (not comparable) Exactly equivalent.
  5. (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
    • The terms of Article 8th are still more identical.1788, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, The Federalist, section XLI

Noun

identical (plural identicals)

  1. (usually pluralized) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
  2. An identical twin.
    • Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […]2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life, page 171
  3. A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".
    • The strictest construction of the rule requires complete and unvarying repetition of end-words, but some license is granted in the use of identicals.1992, Clarence Hugh Holman, William Harmon, A Handbook to Literature, page 439

identical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

identical in Hindi

identical
वही vahī, इन्हीं inhī̃
identical, alike
समान samān
identical; same
अभिन्न abhinn

identical in Tamil

ஒத்த, ஒரு படித்தான, ஒரே, அதே போன்றதான முழுதும் ஒத்த, ஒரே மாதிரியான, முமுதொத்த

identical in Marathi

identical, indistinguishable
समान samān

identical in Urdu

identical
سمان samān
More languagesFewer languages
identical in Bengali
অভিন্ন, একই, তাহাই, হুবহু
identical in Telugu
అభేదము abhēdamu
identical in Malayalam
അനന്യം, അഭിന്നം, അതുതന്നെയായ
identical in Kannada
ಅನನ್ಯ, ಅದೇ ಆದ, ಅಭಿನ್ನವಾದ, ತದ್ರೂಪವಾದ
identical in Punjabi
ਸਮਾਨ samān
identical in Nepali
उस्ताउस्तै ustāustai
identical in Tagalog
kasiyanga
identical in Thai
เดียวกัน diao-gan
identical in Vietnamese
hệt, y hệt, đồng nhất

Examples of identical in a sentence

  • For example, assume that 10000 identical chairs were produced through incurring the following costs:...1972, James H. Rossell, William Wayne Frasure, Managerial Accounting:
  • The zygote soon divides into two identical cells.1988, John Byrum, Cells:
  • Nor could I myself look upon this man without some emotion, for he seemed to be the identical person who had picked up the ragged tunic in the lonely wood, and, as a matter of fact, he was!1922, Petronius, Satyricon, translation of original by W. C. Firebaugh:

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Synonyms of identical

Antonyms

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Forms of identical

Adjective
comparativemore identical
superlativemost identical
Noun
pluralidenticals

Origin of identical

From identic + -al.

Words formed from identical

Phrases with identical

Questions about identical

What does identical mean?
Identical means bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
What is identical in Hindi?
Identical in Hindi is वही (vahī), इन्हीं (inhī̃), समान (samān). See Identical meaning in Hindi.
How do you use identical in a sentence?
For example, assume that 10000 identical chairs were produced through incurring the following costs:...
What part of speech is identical?
Identical can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce identical?
Identical is pronounced /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/.

Words near identical in the dictionary

  1. Iden
  2. ident
  3. identarian
  4. idented
  5. identic
  6. identical
  7. identical by descent
  8. identical by state
  9. identical twin
  10. identical twins
  11. identicalism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: identical (page history and authors); अभिन्न (Hindi) (page history and authors); identical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); समान (Marathi) (page history and authors); سمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); identical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అభేదము (Telugu) (page history and authors); identical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); identical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਮਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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