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   Un·like

   /ˌənˈlīk/

   

   preposition

   • 1. different from; not similar to: "a large house not unlike Mr. Shaw's" Similar different fromunalikedissimilar tonot likenot similar tonot resemblingfar fromfar apart fromdistant fromin contrast to/withdifferently fromin contradistinction toas opposed tonot likenot typical ofuncharacteristic ofOpposite likesimilar tolikesimilarly to
   • ▪ in contrast to; differently from: "unlike Helen, he was not superstitious"
   • ▪ uncharacteristic of (someone): "he sounded irritable, which was unlike him"

   adjective

   • 1. dissimilar or different from each other: "they seemed utterly unlike, despite being twins"
   • ▪ not like; different from: "he was very unlike to any other man"

   Word Origin Middle English: perhaps originally an alteration of Old Norse úlíkr; compare with Old Englishungelīc ‘not of the same kind, not comparable’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. unlikeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

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