Like

What do we mean by like?

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. auxiliary verb

To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy. intransitive verb

To want to have. intransitive verb

To prefer. intransitive verb

To feel about; regard. intransitive verb

To believe or predict that (a certain competitor) will win a contest. intransitive verb

To perform well under (a given condition) or using (a given feature). intransitive verb

To be pleasing to. intransitive verb

To have an inclination or a preference. intransitive verb

To be pleased. intransitive verb

Something that is liked; a preference. noun

(like it or not) No matter how one might feel. idiom

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.

A person or thing resembling another; a counterpart; a resemblance; a similar character, condition, or example. noun

Body; form; the body of a human being or of any animal. noun

A dead body; a corpse. noun

(usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.

Words that are spelled similarly to like:
like.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word like:
predecessor.

Words that rhyme with like:
strike, spike, bike, pike, psych, hike, alike, dike, dyke, mike, unlike, shrike, dislike, trike, tyke, turnpike, reich, stike, klondike, childlike, ike, warlike, tike, lookalike, dreamlike, lifelike, hitchhike, businesslike, motorbike, ladylike, vandyke, workmanlike, glike, fanlike, doglike, moonlike, apelike, catlike, grike, brike, skrike, hunger strike, birdlike, airstrike, fyke, starlike, ghostlike, eyelike, fike, rike, snakelike, dyck, homelike, updike, knifelike, pyke, gleich, safety bike, winglike, netlike, swordlike, wike, mountain bike, wormlike, third reich, hornlike, eellike, leaflike, psych-, fernlike, wyke, plantlike, unsportsmanlike, beaklike, platelike, sharklike, statesmanlike, needlelike, berrylike, northern pike, grasslike, eich, teich, mosslike, lyke, carmike, glasslike, first reich, sympathy strike, texas purple spike, saltlike, weich, exercise bike, starchlike, tax hike, streich, bleich, blue pike, toothlike, sympathetic strike.

Adjectives that are often used to describe like:
more, such, quiet, sudden, much, most, sound, quick, little, real, natural, proper, look, casual, insulin, best, soft, british, private, least, peaceful, chinese, dead, nice, wonderful, nervous, irish, japanese, sic, regular, wild, sharp, dark, sick, less, legal, open, cold, queer, savage, fairy, unexpected, cool, faint, promiscuous, needle, flat, some, calm, accidental, hot, dumb, decent, smart, elderly, god, kinder, gradual, thin, plain, net, round, innocent, tumour, suddent, loud, borealis.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective like:
manner, structure, structures, appearance, cells, nature, substance, form, effect, factor, material, activity, character, fashion, kind, symptoms, leaves, bodies, quality, particles, figure, growth, syndrome, shape, face, processes, eyes, mass, projections, substances, immunoreactivity, pattern, flowers, lesions, protein, behavior, mind, masses, circumstances, creature, properties, fate, creatures, result, spirit, arrangement, drugs, organisms, teeth, qualities, atmosphere, crystals, figures, illness, molecules, proteins, object, odor, head, projection, compounds, sum, movements, receptors, motion, sort, appendages, receptor, proportion, building, consistency.

Consonant match to like:
look, lock, lake, lack, luck, leak, lurk, lick, lac, leek, luke, lech, loch, lek, locke, lok, luk, leck, luc, lak, lerch, leuc-, leake, lyke, lucke, luque, louk, leuk-, luick, lauck, luecke, leick, laack, laake, leuck, louck, louque.

Words that sound like like:
like, lykke, lyc, leich, look, luck, lake, lock, lick, lack, luke, leak, leek, loch, lic, lac, locke, lik, loc, luc, lok, lak, loke, luk, lech, lek, leck, lec, loq, liq, leake, locc, lucke, laq, lakh, leke, leuk, louk, luick, lowk, leac, luche, leick, luque, lauck, laik, loque, luik, lakke, laque, luecke, lucc, lauk, leq, lokke, luq, leuke, lacc, lie, leg, league, alike, log, liked, likes, lag, laug, lerk, lai, lke, lagh, liker, lig, legg, lerch, lika, lck, i like, laika, lagg, llc, leeg, legge, leicht, laie, bleich, ligue, gleich, glike, ldc, laig, laag, lhc, lmk, lkw, llk, loeg, logge, ldk, ligge.