Synonyms of like

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verb

ˈlīk 

1

as in to want

to wish to have

I'd like another slice of pizza, but I've already eaten more than I should have

Synonyms & Similar Words

• want
• enjoy
• love
• feel like
• fancy
• relish
• welcome
• care (for)
• crave
• delight (in)
• desire
• adore
• wish (for)
• dig
• die (for)
• revel (in)
• covet
• groove (on)
• yearn (for)
• hanker (for or after)

2

as in to prefer

to show partiality toward

I like romantic comedies more than action movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prefer
• enjoy
• want
• favor
• choose
• pick
• care (for)
• lean (toward or towards)
• go in for
• appreciate
• fancy
• relish
• adore
• select
• be partial to
• cotton (to)
• desire
• crave
• dig
• take
• admire
• delight (in)
• wish (for)
• name
• tend (to)
• single (out)
• covet
• incline (toward)
• bias
• prejudice
• revel (in)
• groove (on)
• cherish
• treasure
• cull
• handpick
• value
• prize
• hanker (for or after)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dislike
• hate
• loathe
• detest
• refuse
• abhor
• reject
• decline
• turn down
• mislike
• disfavor
• discard
• abominate
• throw away
• throw out
• jettison

3

as in to enjoy

to take pleasure in

an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoy
• love
• relish
• fancy
• adore
• rejoice (in)
• appreciate
• savor
• take to
• delight (in)
• admire
• get off (on)
• go for
• savour
• revel (in)
• prefer
• dig
• have a soft spot for
• revere
• groove (on)
• get a charge out of
• get a kick out of
• venerate
• be partial to
• treasure
• idolize
• cherish
• value
• drink (in)
• worship
• cotton (to)
• eat (up)
• prize
• dote (on)
• devour
• feast (on)
• favor
• indulge (in)
• wallow (in)
• luxuriate (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hate
• dislike
• loathe
• detest
• abhor
• despise
• condemn
• abominate
• scorn

4

as in to please

to see fit

feel free to order whatever you like from the menu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• want
• please
• wish
• choose
• will
• desire
• crave
• fancy
• long (for)
• covet
• pine (for)
• die (for)
• hunger (for)
• yearn (for)
• lust (for or after)
• pant (after)
• itch (for)
• sigh (for)
• thirst (for)
• decide
• ache (for)
• repine (for)
• resolve
• hanker (for)
• determine

like

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noun (1)

1

as in kind

a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common

you can never trust his like, because they'll always let you down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kind
• type
• sort
• stripe
• genre
• variety
• breed
• nature
• description
• manner
• ilk
• species
• kidney
• order
• strain
• feather
• class
• persuasion
• category
• model
• sample
• group
• family
• specimen
• grouping
• lot
• set
• bracket
• bunch
• suite
• rank(s)
• grade
• division

2

as in equivalent

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value

we'd never seen its like in any other shop in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equivalent
• counterpart
• fellow
• partner
• coordinate
• colleague
• peer
• parallel
• rival
• match
• equal
• compeer
• competitor
• associate
• half
• companion
• coequal
• analog
• analogue
• double
• mate
• twin
• copartner

like

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noun (2)

as in liking

positive regard for something

she thought her new boyfriend was unusually interested in her likes and dislikes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liking
• love
• preference
• use
• taste
• appetite
• craving
• tendency
• fancy
• relish
• fondness
• love affair
• enthusiasm
• favor
• desire
• thirst
• shine
• partiality
• interest
• longing
• weakness
• inclination
• prejudice
• tooth
• passion
• bias
• gusto
• propensity
• bent
• hankering
• yen
• leaning
• palate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hatred
• dislike
• disgust
• distaste
• aversion
• loathing
• disfavor
• indifference
• apathy
• mislike
• disinclination
• unconcern

like

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adjective

as in similar

having qualities in common

you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• similar
• comparable
• analogous
• alike
• such
• akin
• resembling
• matching
• parallel
• equivalent
• synonymous
• corresponding
• identical
• related
• resemblant
• correspondent
• suchlike
• cognate
• twin
• same
• connate
• ditto
• on the order of
• tantamount
• relatable
• virtual
• commensurate
• proportionate
• consistent
• allied
• kin
• redundant
• approaching
• kindred
• equal
• congenial
• close
• interchangeable
• conforming
• uniform
• congeneric
• duplicate
• conformable
• indistinguishable
• homogeneous
• entire
• me-too
• consonant
• homogenous
• fungible
• coincident
• approximating
• substitutable
• congenerous
• connatural
• coextensive
• unchanging
• unvarying
• selfsame
• unvaried

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unlike
• different
• dissimilar
• diverse
• various
• distinct
• disparate
• distinguishable
• variable
• varied
• unakin
• varying
• nonequivalent
• inaccurate
• noninterchangeable
• unrelated
• imprecise
• inexact
• unconnected

like

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adverb

1

as in pretty

to some degree or extent

the cat would curl up, tightly like, and just go to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretty
• quite
• something
• relatively
• rather
• enough
• fairly
• somewhat
• a little
• to a degree
• moderately
• a bit
• a mite
• of sorts
• after a sort
• sort of
• of a sort
• kindly
• a tad
• kind of
• a touch
• more or less
• slightly
• vaguely
• decently
• little
• acceptably
• tolerably
• passably
• nominally
• partly
• partially
• negligibly
• halfway
• half
• incompletely
• partway
• part

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• very
• especially
• particularly
• extremely
• highly
• exceeding
• heavily
• terribly
• awfully
• exceedingly
• exceptionally
• greatly
• deadly
• significantly
• substantially
• frightfully
• considerably
• mortally
• hugely
• beastly
• extensively
• surpassingly
• mightily

2

as in about

close to but not exactly

the distance is more like 500 miles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• about
• say
• approximately
• around
• roughly
• some
• much
• nearly
• more or less
• near
• generally
• somewhere about
• after a fashion
• plus or minus
• somewhere around
• practically
• loosely
• virtually
• nominally
• kind of
• well-nigh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exactly
• precisely
• even
• just
• sharp
• due
• squarely
• smack-dab

like

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conjunction

as in as

the way it would be or one would do if

it looks like it's going to rain at any moment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• as
• as if
• as though

Examples of like in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

It is known that Harris is a foodie and likes to cook. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2024

Especially perfect for those who like to shop with a cooler or crate, which stack easily on multi-tiered flats. —Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024

Noun

With quarterly results from the likes of Home Depot and Walmart in the bag, 93% of the S & P 500 has now reported earnings. —Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024

The SoCal punk scene of the ‘70s and ‘80s comes alive in the auction lots featuring the work of Raymond Pettibon, who created logos and other artwork for the likes of Black Flag, the Ramones, Meat Puppets, Circle Jerks and Dead Kennedys. —Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024

Adverb

How has like been treating you since becoming a mother? —India Espy-Jones, Essence, 12 Apr. 2024

What was traffic like on In-N-Out's first day in Flagstaff? As of 11:30 a.m., the drive-thru line was an hour and a half long, according to a security and traffic control worker at In-N-Out. —Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024

Phrases Containing like

• as like as not
• feel like
• go like clockwork
• like a shot
• like as not
• like crazy
• like gangbusters
• like wildfire