Dictionary

sameish en · ADJ

Etymology

From same + -ish.

Meanings

1. Basically the same; somewhat similar; rather alike.
   • Dressed like my mother, except all in green—green knit top, sameish green trousers. 2005, Philip Galanes, Father's Day:
   • They all look alike, have about the same tone and the same color, and indeed they are very sameish all around. 1899, Brush and pencil:
2. Run-of-the-mill; ordinary; usual.
   • Otherwise, with the sameish meals and the utterly sameish pattern, the patternless days, I might lose count, lose my bearings, they might trick me. 1994, Lesley Glaister, Partial eclipse:
   • Undergraduates are grouped in rather sameish groups to do rather sameish things. You are there because you fit in. 2004, Hannah Adcock, Twentysomething: A Survivor's Guide:
3. Dull; drab; boring; typical; not exciting.
   • 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.” 2012, Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income:

Forms

Deriveds

sameishness