selfsame

Speech parts

1. selfsame - Noun

2. selfsame - Adjective

3. selfsame - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Precisely the same; the very same; identical.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

very identical similarly allied ditto one even just like same similar above related uniform consonant
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Antonyms

other different distinct diverse distinctive disparate
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Anagrams

fameless

Examples

Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few -- the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The general public shoulders the bill. Smedley Butler

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. Metastasio

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring. George Borrow

And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you!( Many Mansions, Chapter 5 – Karma of mockery. ) Edgar Cayce

One ship drives east and another drives west; With the selfsame winds that flow.'Tis the set of sails and not the gales; Which tells us the way to go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. Seneca

Close letter words and terms

Selfridge Selfridges selfsabotage selfsameness selfsecure selfship