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oversimilar

oversimilar adjective: excessively similar.

Adjective

oversimilar (comparative more oversimilar, superlative most oversimilar)

  1. Excessively similar.
    • On this first attempt, the variations do not entirely add up and some are oversimilar, but still a pattern is evident: starting from the stolid pace of the march, he animates the music by degrees […]2014, Jan Swafford, Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph: a Biography, page 58

Forms of oversimilar

comparativemore oversimilar
superlativemost oversimilar

Origin of oversimilar

From over- + similar.

Questions about oversimilar

What does oversimilar mean?
Oversimilar means excessively similar.
What part of speech is oversimilar?
Oversimilar is an adjective.

Words near oversimilar in the dictionary

  1. oversilent
  2. oversilver
  3. oversilvered
  4. oversilvering
  5. oversilvers
  6. oversimilar
  7. oversimple
  8. oversimplicity
  9. oversimplification
  10. oversimplifications
  11. oversimplified

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