alike
alike (ə līk′)
adjective
Etymology: ME olike < OE gelic, onlike & ON (g)likr, alikr < PGmc *galik- < *ga- (< IE *ge-, perfective prefix) + *lik-: see like
adverb
- in the same manner; similarly
- to the same degree; equally
Related Forms:
- alikeness alike′·ness noun
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
alike
modif.
With the same qualities
like, same, self-same, neither more nor less, without distinction or difference, twin, one, indistinguishable, copied, facsimile, duplicate, consubstantial, matched, mated, equal, matching, identical, one and the same, all one, chip off the old block*, in the same boat*, on all fours with*, the very image of*. Antonyms
distinct, incongruous*, heterogeneous. * With similar qualities
analogous, akin, kindred, like, similar, much the same, comparable, homologous, parallel, correspondent, resembling, related, cognate, approximate, proximate, proportionate, equivalent, allied, associated, corresponding, of that kind, of a kind, congeneric, concurrent, nearly the same, of the same kidney*, same but different*, the same more or less*. Antonyms
different*, dissimilar*, unlike. * In like manner
similarly, equally, likewise, in common, in the same manner, to the same degree, comparably, consonantly, answerable to, analogously, comparatively, in accordance with, correspondently, the same way. Antonyms
differently*, dissimilarly, divergently.
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