Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun like

2 senses of like

Sense 1
like, the like, the likes of -- (a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here")
       => kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")

Sense 2
like, ilk -- (a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk")
       => kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")

Antonyms of verb like

1 of 5 senses of like

Sense 2
like -- (find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels")
       Antonym of dislike (Sense 1)
      => dislike -- (have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike this salesman")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb like

5 senses of like

Sense 1
wish, care, like -- (prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?")
       => desire, want -- (feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room")

Sense 2
like -- (find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels")

Sense 3
like -- (be fond of; "I like my nephews")

Sense 4
like -- (feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?")
       => see, consider, reckon, view, regard -- (deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do")

Sense 5
like -- (want to have; "I'd like a beer now!")
       => desire, want -- (feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room")

Antonyms of adj like

4 senses of like

Sense 1
like (vs. unlike), similar -- (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality")

unlike (vs. like), dissimilar, different -- (marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different")

Sense 2
like (vs. unlike), same -- (equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number")

unlike (vs. like) -- (not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities")

Sense 3
alike (predicate) (vs. unalike), similar, like -- (having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste")


Sense 4
comparable, corresponding, like -- (conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year")

INDIRECT (VIA same) -> different -- (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one")

Similarity of adj like

4 senses of like

Sense 1
like (vs. unlike), similar -- (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality")
       => like-minded -- (of the same turn of mind)
       => look-alike -- (resembling closely; "they have look-alike cars")
       => suchlike -- (of the same kind; "a locker that usually contained paper, ink, and suchlike equipment")
          Also See-> same#2

Sense 2
like (vs. unlike), same -- (equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number")
          Also See-> equal#1

Sense 3
alike (predicate) (vs. unalike), similar, like -- (having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste")

Sense 4
comparable, corresponding, like -- (conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year")
       => same (vs. different) -- (closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year")

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