English → Latin
“unlike” in Latin
dissimilisunlike, dissimilar, differentdīversusopposite; separate, apart; diverse, differentdispārunlike, dissimilar, different, disparate, unequal
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unlike
dissimilis (different in quality, inwardly or outwardly; with genitive or dative, but more frequently with the genitive when internal unlikeness is meant: ☞ absimilis is not classical): diversus (entirely different in nature or kind; ab aliquo or ab aliqua re): dispar, alicui or alicui rei (not altogether like, different in some respects, or in some points of character). (The words are found in this connection and order.) dispar ac dissimilis. To be unlike, dissimilem esse, with genitive or dative (of persons or things); abhorrere ab aliqua re: to be somewhat unlike, nonnullam dissimilitudinem habere cum aliqua re: to be unlike each other, dissimiles esse inter se (of persons or things); abhorrere inter se (of things): to become unlike one’s self, desciscere a seipso: alius plane factus est, ac fuit antea (he has become quite unlike himself): it is not unlike him, hoc non alienum est ab ejus moribus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unlike?
- The usual Latin words for “unlike” are dissimilis, dīversus, dispār. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.