- 1similar in every detail a row of identical houses The two pictures are similar, although not identical. identical to somebody/something Her dress is almost identical to mine. identical with somebody/something The number on the card should be identical with the one on the checkbook. Language Banksimilarlymaking comparisons
- This chart provides a comparison of the ways that teenage boys and girls in the U.S. spend their free time.
- In many cases, the results for boys and girls are virtually the same/identical.
- In many cases, the results for boys are virtually the same as/identical to the results for girls.
- Both boys and girls spend the bulk of their free time with friends.
- Most of the boys play more than two hours of sports a week, as do many of the girls.
- Like many of the girls, most of the boys spend a large part of their free time using the Internet.
- The girls particularly enjoy using social networking websites. Similarly, nearly all the boys said they spent at least two to three hours a week on these sites.
- 2the identical [only before noun] the same This is the identical room we stayed in last year.
NAmE//aɪˈdɛntɪkli//
adverb The children were dressed identically.See identical in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: identical