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sameish

sameish adjective: basically the same; somewhat similar; rather alike.

Adjective

sameish (comparative more sameish, superlative most sameish)

  1. Basically the same; somewhat similar; rather alike.
    • They all look alike, have about the same tone and the same color, and indeed they are very sameish all around.1899, Brush and pencil
    • Dressed like my mother, except all in green—green knit top, sameish green trousers.2005, Philip Galanes, Father's Day
  2. Run-of-the-mill; ordinary; usual.
    • Otherwise, with the sameish meals and the utterly sameish pattern, the patternless days, I might lose count, lose my bearings, they might trick me.1994, Lesley Glaister, Partial eclipse
    • Undergraduates are grouped in rather sameish groups to do rather sameish things. You are there because you fit in.2004, Hannah Adcock, Twentysomething: A Survivor's Guide
  3. Dull; drab; boring; typical; not exciting.
    • For example, readers might say they love a post you've written on headlines, because they're finding that their headlines are becoming stale and “sameish.”2012, Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Forms of sameish

comparativemore sameish
superlativemost sameish

Origin of sameish

From same + -ish.

Words formed from sameish

Questions about sameish

What does sameish mean?
Sameish means basically the same; somewhat similar; rather alike.
What part of speech is sameish?
Sameish is an adjective.

Words near sameish in the dictionary

  1. samegrade
  2. samegrades
  3. Samegrelo
  4. Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
  5. Sameirang
  6. sameish
  7. sameishness
  8. Samejima
  9. Samejimas
  10. samek
  11. samekh

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