like

Meanings

Verb

• To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
• To please.
• To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
• To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
• To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
• To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
• To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
• To liken; to compare.
• To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
• To want, desire. See also would like.
• To accept as an input.
• To be likely.

Noun

• Something that a person likes (prefers).
• An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
• (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
• The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

Adjective

• Similar.
• Likely; probable.

Adverb

• Likely.
• In a like or similar manner.

Interjection

• Used to place emphasis upon a statement.

Related

Similar words

• ilk
• for example, such as, as
• I mean, you know
• I mean, well, you know
• be all, go

Opposite words

• antithesis, opposite
• unlike

Origin

• Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian ("to please; be sufficient"), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną ("to please"), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ("image; likeness; similarity").
• Cognate with Saterland Frisian liekje ("to be similar, resemble"), Dutch lijken ("to seem"), German Low German lieken ("to be like; resemble"), German gleichen ("to resemble"), Swedish lika ("to like; put up with; align with"), Norwegian like ("to like"), Icelandic líka ("to like").
• Noun from Middle English like, from the verb Middle English liken.
• Adjective from Middle English like, lyke, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like ("like; as"), Saterland Frisian gliek ("like"), Danish lig ("alike"), Dutch gelijk ("like, alike"), German gleich ("equal, like"), Icelandic líkur ("alike, like, similar"), Norwegian lik ("like, alike") Swedish lik ("like, similar")
• Adverb from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old English ġelīċe and Old Norse líka; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
• Conjunction from Middle English like, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle English like.
• Preposition from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih, from Middle English like and like.
• From like and like.