Synonyms for like
- verb
- adjective
- preposition
- conjunction
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Love — to find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for
love, enjoy, want, prefer, please, fancy UK, choose, take to, relish, taste, esteem, desire
3. Think much of
think much of, regard, affect rare
Adjective
1. Similar
similar, analogous, alike, equal, allied, parallel, homogeneous, correspondent, obverse
2. Comparable
Preposition
1. As — such as; including
such as, for example, as dated
Conjunction
Definitions
- v. 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.
- adj. 1
Similar.
My partner and I have like minds.
- prep. 1
Such as; including.
It's for websites like Wikipedia.
- conj. 1
As, the way.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- liked
e.g. liked → loved, enjoyed, wanted, preferred…
Choose the right word
The simile carries its comparison on the surface, in the words as, like, or similar expressions; the metaphor is given directly without any note of comparison.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- want "Why aren't you going?" "Because I don't want to."
- please Please tell me the closest station to your office.
- enjoy It won't be long before we can enjoy space travel.
- prefer There is no doubt that people prefer peace to war.
By length
- 2 letters
- as1
- 4 letters
- want1, love1, same1, care1, wish1
- 5 letters
- enjoy2, taste1, equal2, fancy2, alike2, elect2
- 6 letters
- please1, likely2, choose1, prefer2, desire3, affect2, select2, regard2, allied2, esteem2, relish2
- 7 letters
- similar3, approve2, obverse2, cognate
- 8 letters
- parallel3, probable3
- 9 letters
- analogous4
- 10 letters
- comparable4
- 11 letters
- homogeneous5
- 13 letters
- corresponding4, correspondent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enjoy2 = 2 syllables).