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Synonyms & Antonyms of like
(Entry 1 of 6)
- I'd like another slice of pizza, but I've already eaten more than I should have
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- I like romantic comedies more than action movies
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- an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving
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- adore,
- delight (in),
- dig,
- enjoy,
- fancy,
- get off (on),
- groove (on),
- love,
- rejoice (in),
- relish,
- revel (in),
- savor
- (also savour)
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- feel free to order whatever you like from the menu
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noun (1)Synonyms of like (Entry 2 of 6)
- you can never trust his like, because they'll always let you down
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- we'd never seen its like in any other shop in town
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- coequal,
- compeer,
- coordinate,
- counterpart,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- fellow,
- match,
- parallel,
- peer,
- rival
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noun (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of like (Entry 3 of 6)
- she thought her new boyfriend was unusually interested in her likes and dislikes
Synonyms for like
- appetite,
- fancy,
- favor,
- fondness,
- liking,
- love,
- love affair,
- partiality,
- preference,
- relish,
- shine,
- taste,
- use
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of like (Entry 4 of 6)
- you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf
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adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of like (Entry 5 of 6)
- the cat would curl up, tightly like, and just go to sleep
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- enough,
- fairly,
- kind of,
- kindly
- [chiefly Southern],
- moderately,
- more or less,
- pretty,
- quite,
- rather,
- relatively,
- something,
- somewhat,
- sort of
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- a bit,
- after a sort,
- a little,
- a mite,
- a tad,
- a touch,
- of sorts
- (or of a sort),
- to a degree
Near Antonyms for like
- the distance is more like 500 miles
Synonyms for like
- about,
- approximately,
- around,
- more or less,
- much,
- near,
- plus or minus,
- roughly,
- say,
- some
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like
conjunction
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“Like.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/like. Accessed 25 May. 2022.
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The first known use of like was before the 12th century
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