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alike (ə līk)

adjective

like one another; showing resemblance; similar: usually used in the predicate

Etymology: ME olike < OE gelic, onlike & ON (g)likr, alikr < PGmc *galik- < *ga- (< IE *ge-, perfective prefix) + *lik-: see like

adverb

  1. in the same manner; similarly
  2. to the same degree; equally

alike Related Forms
alike·ness noun
alike Synonyms

alike

modif.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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