Definition of alike
:in the same manner, form, or degree :equally
- was denounced by teachers and students alike
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regulations that are disapproved of by teachers and students alike
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Also facing a tight deadline is The Cambodia Daily, an independent newspaper that has served as a training ground for local reporters and budding foreign correspondents alike.
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After white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallied in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of three people, President Trump's equivocating responses shocked Republicans and Democrats alike.
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Relationships — both platonic and romantic — are complex and multi-layered, and no two are alike.
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After waiting for seven long seasons, Game of Thrones show watchers and book readers alike finally got to see Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow share a scene and room together.
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To Medicaid’s staunchest supporters and most vocal critics alike, the waiver requests are a way to rein in the $500 billion program that has undergone unprecedented growth the past four years and now covers 75 million people.
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FOR TWO COUNTRIES so much at odds, India and Pakistan remain remarkably alike.
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The day’s activities start with a 7 a.m. registration, followed by an 8 a.m. golf tournament (shotgun start), lunch, and a program from 1-3 p.m. for golfers and non-golfers alike.
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McConnell had cited support for Bush from Republicans and Democrats alike, including Louisville attorney Sheryl Snyder, whom McConnell noted is a member of the ACLU.
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Origin and Etymology of alike
alike Synonyms
Synonyms
also, correspondingly, ditto, likewise, similarly, soAntonyms
differently, dissimilarly, otherwiseRelated Words
equally, equivalently, identicallyNear Antonyms
contrarily, conversely, inversely, oppositely, vice versa; diversely, unequally, variouslyDefinition of alike
:exhibiting close resemblance without being identical
- alike in their beliefs
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alikeness
nounExamples of alike in a Sentence
The two cars are much alike.
all the houses in the neighborhood are alike in that they all have a one-car garage and a fenced-in backyard
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These act-alike cells are not derived from embryos, but are genetically reprogrammed from adult cells, usually skin cells.
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Boone County, the Kentucky suburb where Fields grew up, is a heavily Republican expanse of middle-class America layered with strip malls and look-alike subdivisions just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
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Boone County, the Kentucky suburb where Fields grew up, is a heavily Republican expanse of middle-class America layered with strip malls and look-alike subdivisions just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
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Boone County, the Kentucky suburb where Fields grew up, is a heavily Republican expanse of middle-class America layered with strip malls and look-alike subdivisions just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
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It’s below the surface, where collections of look-alike stocks grouped according to investment traits like cheapness or profitability have fallen into even deeper slumber than the market as a whole.
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His name was Stuart Lichtenstein, a top publicity rep for the Enquirer, which had recently started holding celebrity look-alike contests -- and which had never seen a Burt Reynolds as good as Roy Tatum.
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And, in a situation that only happens in books like this, the women look alike and bear a striking resemblance to the architect’s dead wife.
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At first, Mayer refused, threatening to put a look-alike girl, already under contract, into O’Brien’s role instead.
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Origin and Etymology of alike
Middle English ilik, ilich (from Old English gelīc) & alik, alteration of Old English onlīc, from on + līc body — more at like
alike Synonyms
Synonyms
akin, analogous, cognate, comparable, connate, correspondent, corresponding, ditto, like, matching, parallel, resemblant, resembling, similar, such, suchlike, on the order ofAntonyms
different, dissimilar, diverse, unakin, unlikeRelated 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, unvaryingNear Antonyms
disparate, distinct, distinguishable, nonequivalent, noninterchangeable; variable, varied, various, varying; imprecise, inaccurate, inexact; unconnected, unrelatedALIKE Defined for English Language Learners
alike
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Definition of alike for English Language Learners
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: similar in appearance, nature, or form
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