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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.
  • v. To want to have: would like some coffee.
  • v. To feel about; regard: How do you like her nerve!
  • v. Archaic To be pleasing to.
  • verb-intransitive. To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there.
  • verb-intransitive. Scots To be pleased.
  • n. Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
  • preposition. Possessing the characteristics of; resembling closely; similar to.
  • preposition. In the typical manner of: It's not like you to take offense.
  • preposition. In the same way as: lived like royalty.
  • preposition. Inclined or disposed to: felt like running away.
  • preposition. As if the probability exists for: looks like a bad year for farmers.
  • preposition. Such as; for example: saved things like old newspapers and pieces of string.
  • adj. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar: on this and like occasions.
  • adj. Alike: They are as like as two siblings.
  • adj. Having equivalent value or quality. Usually used in negative sentences: There's nothing like a good night's sleep.
  • ad. In the manner of being; as if. Used as an intensifier of action: worked like hell; ran like crazy.
  • ad. Informal Probably; likely: Like as not she'll change her mind.
  • ad. Nearly; approximately: The price is more like 1,000 dollars.
  • ad. Nonstandard Used to provide emphasis or a pause: Like let's get going.
  • n. One similar to or like another. Used with the: was subject to coughs, asthma, and the like.
  • n. Informal An equivalent or similar person or thing; an equal or match. Often used in the plural: I've never seen the likes of this before. We'll never see his like again.
  • conjunction. Usage Problem In the same way that; as: To dance like she does requires great discipline.
  • conjunction. Usage Problem As if: It looks like we'll finish on time.
  • idiom. be like Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in oral narration: And he's like, "Leave me alone!”
  • auxiliary-verb. Chiefly Southern U.S. Used with a past infinitive or with to and a simple past form to indicate being just on the point of or coming near to having done something in the past: "I like to a split a gut laughin'.” "It seemed as how nobody had thought about measurin' the width of the bridge's openin', and we like to didn't make it through” ( Dictionary of American Regional English).
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To please.
  • v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
  • v. To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
  • v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
  • v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
  • v. To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
  • n. Something that a person likes (prefers).
  • n. The act of showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
  • adj. similar
  • ad. for example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples
  • ad. Likely.
  • n. Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
  • conjunction. as if; as though
  • preposition. Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
  • preposition. A delayed filler.
  • preposition. A mild intensifier.
  • preposition. indicating approximation or uncertainty
  • preposition. When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
  • interjection. Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance.
  • adj. Equal, or nearly equal.
  • adj. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
  • adj. Inclined toward; disposed to.
  • n. That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
  • n. A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl..
  • n. The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
  • ad. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to.
  • ad. In a like or similar manner.
  • ad. Likely; probably.
  • v. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
  • v. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
  • v. To liken; to compare.
  • verb-intransitive. To be pleased; to choose.
  • verb-intransitive. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
  • verb-intransitive. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Body; form; the body of a human being or of any animal.
  • n. A dead body; a corpse.
  • Of similar form, appearance, or quality; of corresponding kind, amount, extent, degree, etc.; corresponding; equal or equivalent; analogous; agreeing in some noticeable respect: as, territory of like extent; two men of like pursuits and tastes.
  • Having resemblance; similar in any respect; resembling: followed by to or a dative case (sometimes by as), the word or phrase governed by to being, however, often omitted: as, they are as like (to each other) as two peas.
  • Likely; liable.
  • Synonyms Allied, cognate, analogous, parallel.
  • n. A person or thing resembling another; a counterpart; a resemblance; a similar character, condition, or example.
  • In the same or a similar manner; equally; correspondingly.
  • In the manner of; in the same way as.
  • Likely; probably.
  • As it were; so to speak: used after clauses or phrases with a signification similar to that of like suffixed to nouns. See like, adjective, 2.
  • See fun.
  • As; as if.
  • To regard or describe as resembling; liken; compare.
  • To please; be pleasing to; be agreeable to; suit; satisfy: used impersonally, and followed by an object, originally dative, of the person.
  • To regard with favor; be well affected toward; be pleased with; take pleasure in.
  • To agree with, as food or drink.
  • To be suitable or agreeable; give satisfaction.
  • To be pleased or suited; choose: used absolutely, but formerly sometimes followed by of.
  • To thrive; grow.
  • n. A liking; a fancy; an inclination: used chiefly in the phrase likes and dislikes.
  • To be likely: chiefly or only in the preterit liked, equivalent to had like. See like, adjective
  • n. In golf, a stroke which equalizes the number played by the other side.
  • As well as; as also.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
  • v. want to have
  • v. prefer or wish to do something
  • adj. equal in amount or value
  • v. be fond of
  • n. a kind of person
  • adj. having the same or similar characteristics
  • v. find enjoyable or agreeable
  • adj. conforming in every respect
  • v. feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
  • n. a similar kind
    • Equivalent
    like-minded    look-alike    suchlike    same   
    Antonym
    abhor    abominate    dislike    hate    opposite    pet    pet peeve    antithesis    unlike   
    Verb Form
    liked    likes    liking   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    desire    want    sort    form    kind    variety    reckon    see    consider    regard   
    Hyponym
    love    cotton    care for    enjoy    prefer   
    Form
    like-for-like    feel like    sound like    seem like    look like   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    resembling    similar    alike    probable    likely    copy    liking    preference    inclination    probably   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dike    Ike    Mike    Pike    Reich    Spike    Tyke    Vandyke    alike    bike   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    similar    c    in    latter    moral    terrible    least    window-like    bottle-nose    lifetyle   
     
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