sameish

English

Etymology

From same +‎ -ish.

Adjective

sameish (comparative more sameish, superlative most sameish)

1. Basically the same; somewhat similar; rather alike.
   • 1899, Brush and pencil:

     They all look alike, have about the same tone and the same color, and indeed they are very sameish all around.

   • 2005, Philip Galanes, Father's Day:

     Dressed like my mother, except all in green—green knit top, sameish green trousers.

2. Run-of-the-mill; ordinary; usual.
   • 1994, Lesley Glaister, Partial eclipse:

     Otherwise, with the sameish meals and the utterly sameish pattern, the patternless days, I might lose count, lose my bearings, they might trick me.

   • 2004, Hannah Adcock, Twentysomething: A Survivor's Guide:

     Undergraduates are grouped in rather sameish groups to do rather sameish things. You are there because you fit in.

3. Dull; drab; boring; typical; not exciting.
   • 2012, Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income:

     For example, readers might say they love a post you've written on headlines, because they're finding that their headlines are becoming stale and “sameish.”

Derived terms

• sameishness

Anagrams

• Messiah, mashies, messiah, smashie