liken to
phrasal verb
likened to; likening to; likens to
: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)
Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.
She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.
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Bitcoin, often likened to digital gold, is especially well-suited to self-custody.
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Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
It was voted Livingston’s goal-of-the-season award and was likened to his former team-mate Henry’s famous volley for Arsenal against Manchester United in 2000.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Staff lined up several Teslas outside the White House for an event that many likened to a TV commercial.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 June 2025
Here’s how: The value of the Higgs field that pervades all of space would have to increase—something physicists liken to rolling a boulder up a hill.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
It was voted Livingston’s goal-of-the-season award and was likened to his former team-mate Henry’s famous volley for Arsenal against Manchester United in 2000.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Staff lined up several Teslas outside the White House for an event that many likened to a TV commercial.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 June 2025
Here’s how: The value of the Higgs field that pervades all of space would have to increase—something physicists liken to rolling a boulder up a hill.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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