Antonyms for like
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : lahyk |
Phonetic Transcription : laɪk |
Definition of like
Origin :- "having the same characteristics or qualities" (as another), Middle English shortening of Old English gelic "like, similar," from Proto-Germanic *galika- "having the same form," literally "with a corresponding body" (cf. Old Saxon gilik, Dutch gelijk, German gleich, Gothic galeiks "equally, like"), a compound of *ga- "with, together" + Germanic base *lik- "body, form; like, same" (cf. Old English lic "body," German Leiche "corpse," Danish lig, Swedish lik, Dutch lijk "body, corpse"). Analogous, etymologically, to Latin conform. The modern form (rather than *lich) may be from a northern descendant of the Old English word's Norse cognate, glikr.
- Formerly with comparative liker and superlative likest (still in use 17c.). The preposition (c.1200) and the adverb (c.1300) both are from the adjective. As a conjunction, first attested early 16c. The word has been used as a postponed filler ("going really fast, like") from 1778; as a presumed emphatic ("going, like, really fast") from 1950, originally in counterculture slang and bop talk. Phrase more like it "closer to what is desired" is from 1888.
- adj similar
- verb enjoy, be fond of
- verb choose, feel inclined
Synonyms for like
- according to
- admire
- adore
- agnate
- akin
- alike
- allied
- allying
- analogous
- appreciate
- approve
- approximating
- approximative
- be gratified by
- be keen on
- be partial to
- be pleased by
- be sweet on
- care for
- care to
- cherish
- close
- coextensive
- cognate
- commensurate
- comparable
- compatible
- conforming
- congeneric
- congenerous
- consistent
- consonant
- corresponding
- delight in
- derive pleasure from
- desire
- dig
- dote on
- double
- elect
- equal
- equaling
- equivalent
- esteem
- exclaim
- fancy
- feast on
- feel disposed
- feel like
- find appealing
- get a kick out of
- go for
- hanker for
- have a preference for
- hold dear
- homologous
- identical
- in the manner of
- incline toward
- indulge in
- jibing
- love
- luxuriate in
- matching
- much the same
- near
- not far from
- not unlike
- on the order of
- parallel
- please
- prefer
- prize
- rejoice in
- related
- relating
- relish
- resembling
- revel in
- same
- savor
- select
- selfsame
- stuck on
- such
- take an interest in
- take delight in
- take satisfaction in
- take to
- twin
- undifferentiated
- uniform
- want
- will
- wish
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