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

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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

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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

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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
• kindly
• a tad
• kind of
• a touch
• more or less
• slightly
• vaguely
• decently
• little
• acceptably
• tolerably
• passably
• nominally
• partly
• partially
• negligibly
• halfway
• half
• incompletely
• part
• partway

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• very
• especially
• particularly
• extremely
• highly
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of like

Verb

Wall Street mostly likes it—Morgan Stanley and Bank of America both called Nvidia’s chips unusually financeable. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Bryant’s telling is hardly the triumphal story that the Brits would no doubt like to spin. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Noun

Most of these posts and videos barely get any attention, racking up only, at best, a few hundred likes and a few thousand views. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

Krukow says ‘thank you’ to fans Fans have swarmed to support Krukow, with hundreds of positive comments and thousands of likes filling up the various social media posts announcing his retirement. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Adverb

Set upon a glossy black floor with a soundtrack playing tunes by the likes of Mazzy Star, Demeulemeester’s section is mesmerizing, and almost vortex-like, without trying at all. — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026

Chicks Our littlest Peeps like to make dioramas, too. — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing like

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