the likes of

phrase

variants or less commonly the like of

1

: such people as : such things as

reads the likes of Austen and Browning

2

: such a one as and perhaps others similar to

—usually used with disparaging overtones

have no use for the likes of you

3

: the kind or sort of

… a fantastic celebration the likes of which had never been seen before …

—Joseph Heller

Examples of the likes of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a backline that struggled to string any passes was easily corralled, putting too much on the likes of forwards Jasper Wiese, Malcolm Marx and Paul de Villiers to produce something. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

China at that time had taken the likes of ceramics and lacquerware to the next level, but Europe was still ahead in its glass-making technologies, despite the Chinese making the material since the Western Zhou period more than 2,000 years earlier. — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

The Ghana international will join a squad that includes the likes of former Burnley midfielder Josh Brownhill, former Atletico Madrid and Belgium forward Yannick Carrasco and former Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Daniel Podence. — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Djokovic began his professional career in 2003, quickly rising the ranks in the international tennis scene to join the likes of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal as one of the most dominating players in the game. — Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the likes of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove