the same

noun

1

: someone or something that is exactly like another person or thing being discussed or referred to

He ordered the salmon, and I had the same.

All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same.

The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same.

2

: exactly like each other or very similar to each other

The lunch specials are always the same.

No two fingerprints are ever the same.

3

: someone or something that has not changed : something that is exactly like it was at an earlier time

After the accident, he was never quite the same again.

Things would never be the same without you!

Examples of the same in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t assume everyone is on the same page. —Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026

LeBron’s brilliance doesn’t lie in the same skill set that Michael’s did. —Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026

The Diamondbacks could not say the same, as an error that likely prevented a double play helped the Padres’ big inning continue. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

One bookstore or another had stood at the same address for decades and neither the Folio employees nor the Noe Valley community were willing to go without. —Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the same

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe