1. Find enjoyable or agreeable
   "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
    
2. Be fond of
   "I like my nephews"
    
3. To hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
   "Would you like to come along to the movies?";
   - wish, care
    
4. Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
   "How did you like the President's speech last night?"
    
5. Want to have
   "I'd like a beer now!"

1. Resembling; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
   "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "suits of like design";
   - similar
    
2. Having the same or nearly the same characteristics
   "Their voices were so like that I couldn't tell them apart";
   - alike, similar
    
3. Equal in amount or value
   "like amounts"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number";
   - same
    
4. Conforming in every respect
   "the like period of the preceding year";
   - comparable, corresponding

1. A similar kind
   "dogs, foxes, and the like"; "we don't want the likes of you around here";
   - the like, the likes of
    
2. A kind of person
   "We'll not see his like again";
   - ilk [informal]

1. Sort of, in some way; often used as an almost meaningless filler
   "I thought for a second there was, like, you know, a story or something, but every shot is like only a second long"
    
2. Indicates something is unlikely and should not be considered
   "like that's going to be of any use to me!";
   - as if [informal], as though [informal]

1. (forming an adjective) having the form of, similar to
   - -form

Derived forms: liking, likes, liked

See also: alikeness [rare], equal, like-minded, likeness, look-alike, same, similitude, suchlike

Type of: consider, desire, experience, feel, form, kind, know, reckon, regard, see, sort, variety, view, want

Antonym: dislike, unlike

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