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.

Examples of liken to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bitcoin, often likened to digital gold, is especially well-suited to self-custody. —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

Rhymes for liken to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue