identical /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/adjective 5noun 3forms 3 adjective5 •exactly the same in every way, so that no difference can be seenMy car is identical with the one my mom has just bought. •Of twins, sharing the same genetic code. •Exactly equivalent. •Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.Nor could I myself look upon this man without some emotion, for he seemed to be the identical person who had picked up the ragged tunic in the lonely wood, and, as a matter of fact, he was! — 1922 •(rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.The terms of Article 8th are still more identical. — 1788 noun3 •Something which has exactly the same properties as something else. •An identical twin.Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […] — 2014 •A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe".The strictest construction of the rule requires complete and unvarying repetition of end-words, but some license is granted in the use of identicals. — 1992 formsidenticals · more identical · most identical
