Related Words for liken

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compare
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Verb, Verb
equate
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akin
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Adjective
like
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
consider
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describe
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refer
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allude
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analogous
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Adjective
reminiscent
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Noun
suggest
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resemble
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deride
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attempting
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reminded
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ascribe
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loathe
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imagine
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characterize
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envision
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picturing
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presume
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prefer
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mimic
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Noun
imitate
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juxtapose
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accuse
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begrudge
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loath
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Adjective
suppose
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decry
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characterise
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contend
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envisage
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tempted
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think
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contemplate
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portray
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emulate
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criticize
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simulate
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used
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posit
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observe
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classify
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agree
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insist
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remember
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begin
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dare
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insinuate
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construe
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criticise
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abhor
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Verb
relate
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detest
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Adjective
invoke
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Verb
expect
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Verb
disparage
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Verb
depict
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Verb
tend
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perceive
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recollect
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trying
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argue
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chide
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compelled
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prompted
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despise
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opposed
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witnessed
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chastise
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seen
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employ
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Verb
surmise
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Noun
opine
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Verb
infer
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Verb
resent
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Verb
typify
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Verb
associating
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Verb
termed
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Verb
define
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Verb
inclined
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Adjective
unlike
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
regard
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Noun
extrapolate
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Verb
propose
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Verb
accustom
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Verb
condemn
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interpret
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encourage
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Verb
paraphrase
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Noun
similar
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Adjective
hear
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examine
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reckon
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understand
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Verb
introduce
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assail
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resorted
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Verb
bemoan
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admonish
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denounce
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called
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watching
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hasten
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Verb
recommend
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Verb
relegate
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Verb
extol
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Verb
recall
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Noun
intend
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Verb
might
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Noun
anticipate
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Verb
recreate
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Verb
superimpose
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Verb
laud
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Noun
letting
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Verb
forbid
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Verb
subjecting
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Verb
allow
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Verb
deplore
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Verb
rivaling
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conclude
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Verb
justify
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Verb
attributing
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commend
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Verb
know
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berate
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Verb
dissuade
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Verb
coined
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Verb
parallel
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Noun
look like
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Phrase, Verb
assimilate
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Verb
correlate
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Noun
twin
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Noun
compare apples to apples
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Phrase, Verb
equivalent
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Noun
equal
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Adjective
astrologers
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Noun
hollowed
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Verb
sayings
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Noun
greatest
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Adjective
gem
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Noun
thee
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Verb
spider
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Noun
wont
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Verb
fountain
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Noun
comfort
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Verb
beasts
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Noun
absorb
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Verb
conflate
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
digest
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Noun, Verb
divergent
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Adjective
internalize
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literally
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Adverb
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
expression
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Noun
collocation
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
headlines
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Noun