like

³like

adj

Definition of LIKE

1

a : the same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity) <suits of like design> —formerly used with as, unto, of <it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren — Heb 2:17(Authorized Version)> b chiefly British : closely resembling the subject or original <the portrait is very like>

2

: likely <the importance of statistics as the one discipline like to give accuracy of mind — H. J. Laski>

Examples of LIKE

1. <you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf>

Origin of LIKE

Middle English, alteration of ilich, from Old English gelīc like, alike, from ge-, associative prefix + līc body; akin to Old High German gilīh like, alike, Lithuanian lygus like — more at co-

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to LIKE

Synonyms: akin, analogous, cognate, comparable, connate, correspondent, corresponding, ditto, alike, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, such, suchlike

Antonyms: different, dissimilar, diverse, unakin, unlike

Related Words: commensurate, proportionate; tantamount, virtual; allied, congeneric, congenerous, congenial, connatural, kin, kindred, relatable, related; approaching, approximating, close, coextensive, coincident, conformable, conforming, consistent, consonant, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fungible, identical, indistinguishable, interchangeable, me-too, redundant, same, selfsame, substitutable, synonymous, twin; entire, homogeneous, homogenous, unchanging, uniform, unvaried, unvarying

Near Antonyms: disparate, distinct, distinguishable, nonequivalent, noninterchangeable; variable, varied, various, varying; imprecise, inaccurate, inexact; unconnected, unrelated

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