Another word for like
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Verb
To receive pleasure from
- To break up, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example), as with a shovel, spade, or snout, or with claws, paws or hands.
- To make or form by removing earth or other material:
- To prepare (soil) by loosening or cultivating.
- A specific taste or smell:
- The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
- A distinctive quality or characteristic:
- Hearty enjoyment or appreciation:
- Something that lends pleasure or zest:
- A keen liking for something:
- To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.
- To have the use or benefit of:
- To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.
See also:To find agreeable
- Unduly favorable estimation of one's own abilities or worth; overly positive self-regard.
- Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.
- A witty expression or fanciful idea:
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
See also:To have the desire or inclination to
- A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.
- An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination:
- An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another:
- The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action:
- Diligent purposefulness; determination:
- Self-control; self-discipline:
- To have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something); desire greatly:
- To desire (someone to do something):
- To request the presence or assistance of:
- To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to; make glad or contented.
- To be the will or desire of:
- To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable:
- To wish or long for; want:
- To want to have sex with (another person).
- To express a wish for; request.
- To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
- To prefer above others:
- To determine or decide:
Idioms:See also:
Adjective
Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics
- Always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying:
- Being the same as or consonant with another or others:
- A distinctive set of clothing intended to identify the members of a specific group:
- Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
- Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures:
- Being an equal distance apart everywhere:
- Of, relating to, or designating two or more straight coplanar lines that do not intersect.
- Of, relating to, or designating two or more planes that do not intersect.
- Equal, as in value, force, or meaning.
- Having similar or identical effects.
- Being essentially equal, all things considered:
- Having the same or nearly the same relationship.
- Accompanying another:
- Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications:
- Admitting of comparison with another or others:
- Similar or equivalent:
- Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
- Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
- Having close resemblance; similar:
- In the same manner or to the same degree:
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Another word for like
Modifier
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- Present participle of approximate.
- In agreement; compatible:
- Being in agreement with itself; coherent and uniform:
- Reliable; steady:
- Corresponding or similar in position, value, structure, or function.
- Derived from the same species:
- Similar in structure and evolutionary origin, though not necessarily in function, as the flippers of a seal and the hands of a human.
- Being an equal distance apart everywhere:
- Of, relating to, or designating two or more straight coplanar lines that do not intersect.
- Of, relating to, or designating two or more planes that do not intersect.
- Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
- Having the same (kind of) origin or action
- Belonging to the same taxonomic genus; congeneric
- Being the same:
- Exactly equal and alike:
- Of or relating to a twin or twins developed from the same fertilized ovum and having the same genetic makeup and closely similar appearance; monozygotic.
- Admitting of comparison with another or others:
- Similar or equivalent:
- Having the same or nearly the same relationship.
- Accompanying another:
- Having been assigned the responsibility of written communications:
- One of two offspring born at the same birth.
- One of two identical or similar people, animals, or things; a counterpart.
- Two interwoven crystals that are mirror images of each other.
- Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.
- Similar in function but not in structure and evolutionary origin.
- Being connected; associated.
- Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
- Having a close harmonic connection.
- Of the same kin; related by blood.
- Having a similar quality or character; analogous.
- Sharing a common origin or an ancestral form.
- Present participle of ally.
- Present participle of jibe.
- Present participle of equal.
- As stated or indicated by; on the authority of:
- In keeping with:
- As determined by:
- Being near in space or time.
- Being near in relationship:
- Bound by mutual interests, loyalties, or affections; intimate:
- To, at, or within a short distance or interval in space or time:
- Just about; almost; nearly:
- With or in a close relationship:
- Being the very one; identical:
- Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree:
- Conforming in every detail:
- Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
- Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures:
Preposition
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- Being the very one; identical:
- Similar in kind, quality, quantity, or degree:
- Conforming in every detail:
- Having a resemblance in appearance or nature; alike though not identical.
- Having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. Used of geometric figures:
Noun
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- The quality or condition of being parallel.
- Correspondence or similarity.
- The use of identical or equivalent syntactic constructions in corresponding clauses or phrases.
- The state or quality of resembling, especially similarity in appearance or in external or superficial details.
- Something that resembles another; a likeness or semblance.
- Equal, as in value, force, or meaning.
- Having similar or identical effects.
- Being essentially equal, all things considered:
- To look intently, searchingly, or with difficulty.
- To be partially visible; show:
- Having the same quantity, measure, or value as another.
- Being the same or identical to in value.
- Having the same privileges, status, or rights:
- One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another:
- One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
- One that is able to compete equally with another:
- One that closely resembles another.
- One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a corresponding person or thing:
- A duplicate of a legal document.
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Verb
To enjoy
- to enter a competition.
- to have an interest in or approve of something.
- to engage or take part in something.
- (idiomatic) To consume completely.
- (idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
- A strong feeling of affection and concern toward another person, as that arising from kinship or close friendship.
- A strong feeling of affection and concern for another person accompanied by sexual attraction.
- A feeling of devotion or adoration toward God or a god.
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- A specific taste or smell:
- The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
- A distinctive quality or characteristic:
- Hearty enjoyment or appreciation:
- Something that lends pleasure or zest:
- A keen liking for something:
To be fond of
- (idiomatic) To be romantically interested in [someone].
- To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction:
- To consider right or good:
- To prove or attest.
- To regard with respect; prize.
- To regard as; consider:
- Favorable regard; respect.
- Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
- Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
- Offered or given as a prize:
- To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval:
- To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect:
- To enjoy (something):
Antonyms:To be inclined
- Have a desire for something, or to do something.
- Have a fancy or whim, especially about resemblance.
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value:
- To give priority or precedence to (a creditor).
- To present (a charge) against a defendant before a court:
- To wish or long for; want:
- To want to have sex with (another person).
- To express a wish for; request.
- A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see something happen; a desire, longing, or strong inclination for a specific thing.
- An expression of a desire, longing, or strong inclination:
- An expression of desire for the happiness or success of another:
- To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out:
- To prefer above others:
- To determine or decide:
See also:
Idioms:
and-the-like
more-like-it
nothing-like
something-like
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