Like

Verb

 * 1)  To please.
 * 2) * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
 * And yf hit lyke yow I wille speke with hem by cause I am a knyghte of kynge Arthurs [...].
 * 1) * 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear:
 * His countenance likes me not.
 * 1) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
 * 2) * 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10:
 * “I can tell you more than that, if you like,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”
 * I like hamburgers.
 * I like skiing in winter.
 * I like the Seattle Mariners this season.
 * 1)  To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
 * 2) * 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
 * And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.
 * 1) To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
 * I like to go to the dentist every six months.
 * She likes to keep herself physically fit.
 * We like to keep one around the office just in case.
 * 1) To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
 * I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

Synonyms

 * fancy

Antonyms

 * dislike, hate

Derived terms

 * dislike
 * likable
 * like like
 * would like

Noun

 * 1)  Something that a person likes (prefers).
 * Tell me your likes and dislikes.

Synonyms

 * favorite, favourite , preference

Antonyms

 * dislike, pet hate, pet peeve

Derived terms

 * like-for-like

Adjective

 * 1) similar
 * My partner and I have like minds.
 * 1) * 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
 * ... and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.

Adverb

 * 1)  for example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples
 * There are lots of birds like ducks and gulls in this park.

Synonyms

 * for example
 * such as

Noun

 * 1) (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
 * We shall never see his like again. — Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
 * There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
 * It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.

Synonyms

 * ilk

Antonyms

 * antithesis, opposite

Conjunction

 * 1) As if; as though.
 * It looks like you've finished the project.
 * It seemed like you didn't care.

Derived terms

 * feel like, look like, seem like, sound like

Preposition

 * 1) Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
 * These hamburgers taste like leather.

Antonyms

 * unlike

Particle

 * He was so angry, like.
 * She was, like, sooooo happy.
 * There were, like, twenty of them.
 * And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
 * I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
 * 1) * 2006,, Knock 'Em Out
 * You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
 * They're like, "Alright"
 * What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
 * And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."
 * You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
 * They're like, "Alright"
 * What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
 * And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."

Synonyms

 * be all, go

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
 * divint ye knaa, like?

Adverbs for Like
scarcely; extremely; metaphorically; universally; faithfully; persistently; constantly; mutually; momentarily; superficially.

Thesaurus
Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, adulate, affection, after this fashion, agape, agnate, aim at, akin, alike, all one, all the same, allied, ally, along these lines, alter ego, analogon, analogous, analogue, aped, appreciate, approve, approve of, approximate, approximating, approximative, ardency, ardor, as, as if, as though, ask, associate, at par, at what price, attachment, au pair, bask in, be desirous of, be fond of, be partial to, be pleased with, bodily love, brother, brotherly love, burn with love, by what mode, by what name, care for, caritas, charity, choose, close, close copy, close match, close to, coequal, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, companion, comparable, compeer, complement, comprehend, congenator, congener, conjugal love, consimilar, consonant, consubstantial, coordinate, copied, correlate, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, correspondingly, counterfeit, counterpart, delight in, derive pleasure from, desiderate, desire, devotion, devour, dig, disposed to, ditto, dote on, dote upon, drawn, duplicate, eat up, either, elect, endorse, enjoy, equal, equal to, equalized, equipollent, equivalent, ersatz, esteem, even, even stephen, exactly alike, faithful love, fake, fancy, favor, favoring, feast on, fellow, fervor, fifty-fifty, flame, following, fondness, for example, for instance, freak out on, free love, free-lovism, get high on, gloat over, go, go for, groove on, half-and-half, have designs on, have eyes for, have it bad, heart, hero worship, homogeneous, homologous, homoousian, how, identic, identical, identically, idolatry, idolism, idolization, image, imitated, imitation, in kind, in like manner, in other words, in such wise, in that way, in this way, in what way, indistinguishable, indulge in, just alike, kindred spirit, knotted, lasciviousness, level, libido, like that, like this, likeness, likes, likewise, liking, love, lovemaking, lust, lust after, luxuriate in, married love, match, mate, mimicked, mind, mock, namely, near, near duplicate, nearly reproduced, nip and tuck, not unlike, obverse, of that ilk, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, one, opposite number, par, parallel, partiality, passion, peer, pendant, phony, physical love, picture, please, popular regard, popularity, predilection, prefer, preference, proportionate, proximate, quits, reciprocal, regard, rejoice in, relatable, related, relish, resembling, respect, revel in, riot in, rival, same, savor, second self, select, selfsame, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine, similar, similarly, similitude, simulacrum, simulated, sister, smack the lips, smacking of, so, something like, soul mate, spiritual love, square, stalemated, such, suchlike, suggestive of, swim in, synthetic, take pleasure in, take to, tally, taste, tender feeling, tender passion, the like of, the likes of, thus, thus and so, tied, to wit, truelove, twin, understand, undifferenced, undifferent, undifferentiated, uniform, uniform with, uxoriousness, wallow in, want, weakness, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much, without difference, without distinction, worship, would fain do, yearning

Etymology 1
From liken:, from  lician:, from, from. Cognate with lijken:,  gleichen:,  líka:,   like:.

Etymology 2
From, from gelic: by shortening, influenced by  líkr:. Cognate with alike:; more distantly, with lich: and -ly#Etymology 1:.

Verb

 * Afrikaans: hou van
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:, استمطع
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, synes om
 * Dutch:, graag hebben, , graag lusten, leuk vinden
 * Esperanto: plaĉi al, ,
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, gern haben, + dat
 * Greek: μου αρέσει, μ'αρέσει, αρέσκομαι, προτιμώ
 * Hindi: पसंद करना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ұнату
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: پێخۆشبوون, حه‌زلێبوون
 * Latin:, , ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:, synes om
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: imeti rad
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ఇస్టపడు
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: löfilön, plidön
 * Welsh: hoffi
 * Welsh: hoffi


 * Armenian: դուր գալ, հավանել
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: graag hebben, graag zien, zich aangetrokken voelen tot, leuk vinden
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, gern haben, + dat
 * Hindi: पसंद होना
 * Dutch: graag hebben, graag zien, zich aangetrokken voelen tot, leuk vinden
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, gern haben, + dat
 * Hindi: पसंद होना
 * Hindi: पसंद होना


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: piacere
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: حه‌زلێکردن‌
 * Norwegian:, synes om
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: všeč
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Urdu: پسند ہونا
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: serchu
 * Urdu: پسند ہونا
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: serchu
 * Welsh: serchu

Noun

 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: prefero
 * Filipino: kinahiligan gusto
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: Vorliebe
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: (noun, with closed O; different from verb form gostar:, with open O)
 * Telugu: ఇష్టము

Adjective

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 相像
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: のように
 * Korean: 비슷한
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * Greek:, όπως

Noun

 * Dutch: evenknie, dat soort dingen, gelijkaardige dingen, gelijkaardigheden
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,


 * German: seinesgleichen (his like - conjugated for other persons)
 * Greek:
 * Scottish Gaelic: leithid
 * Swedish:

Preposition

 * Arabic: مثل
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: як
 * Bengali: মত
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: като
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 相像
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, , lijkend op, (maybe only in Flanders)
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: की तरह, तरह
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: のように
 * Korean: 비슷한


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ک
 * Latin: sicuti, iuxta, sicut
 * Lithuanian: lyg
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian: مثل, مانند
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: као
 * Roman: kao
 * Slovak: ako
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: లాంటి
 * Thai: เหมือน, อย่าง
 * Ukrainian: як
 * Urdu: کی طرح, طرح
 * Vietnamese: như
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:

Particle

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Portuguese:, tipo assim


 * Russian: типа
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 那個, 那个, 這個, 这个
 * Finnish:
 * French: genre
 * Japanese: あのう, ええと


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: это самое
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * ilke

Verb

 * 1) to like

Verb

 * 1) To like.
 * 2) To be hesitant to do something.
 * I dinna like. - I'm not certain I would like to.
 * 1) To love somebody or something.

Adverb

 * 1) like

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
 * Oo jist saw it the now, like.

Noun

 * 1) match
 * Han hade mött sin like
 * He had met his match