same

Having no differences in a particular feature, such as size, colour, shape, or amount.

• The two bags are the same colour.
• We are the same age.
• Are these boxes the same size?

How to use it: the same + noun + as someone/something (My shoes are the same size as yours.)

Similar words: identical, equal

Opposites: different

Common phrases: same size, same colour, same age, same amount

Referring to the very person or thing mentioned, seen, or involved before.

• We met at the same café again.
• That is the same dog I saw yesterday.
• Have you lived in the same house all your life?

How to use it: the same + noun + that… (That is the same coat that I wore yesterday.)

Similar words: selfsame

Opposites: different, another

Common phrases: same person, same place, same house

Very similar in appearance, nature, or kind.

• They have the same kind of humour.
• You have the same hair as your sister.
• The two restaurants have the same relaxed style.

How to use it: the same + noun + as someone/something (He has the same gentle manner as his father.)

Similar words: similar, alike

Opposites: different

Common phrases: same kind, same style, same hair

In an equal or unchanged way or to an equal degree.

• I still feel the same.
• She treats all her children the same.
• Do these two drinks taste the same?

How to use it: verb + the same (Both dishes taste the same.)

Similar words: equally, identically

Opposites: differently

Common phrases: feel the same, treat someone same, taste the same

The exact thing, action, or situation already mentioned.

• The same happened yesterday.
• I warned him, but he did the same again.
• The same is true of the other villages.

How to use it: the same applies to someone/something (The same applies to all new students.)

Common phrases: the same, do the same, say the same

Another thing of the kind already mentioned, or a person or thing very like another.

• I will have the same, please.
• She ordered tea, and I asked for the same.
• Those two brothers are just the same.

How to use it: the same as someone/something (I will have the same as you.)

Common phrases: have the same, want the same, just the same