Like of
Synonyms for like of
noun correspondence, similarity
comparison
closeness
coincidence
affinity
parallel
kinship
counterpart
similitude
semblance
likeness
simile
double
image
look-alike
Xerox
alikeness
facsimile
analogy
ringer
parity
carbon
conformity
clone
sameness
birds of a feather
carbon copy
spitting image
comparability
peas in a pod
two of a kind
Antonyms for like of
divergence
dissimilarity
unlikeness
contrast
diversity
difference
disagreement
dissimililarity
Usage Notes
Like1 as a conjunction meaning “as, in the same way as” (Many shoppers study the food ads like brokers study market reports) or “as if” (It looks like it will rain) has been used for nearly 500 years and by many distinguished literary and intellectual figures. Since the mid-19th century there have been objections, often vehement, to these uses. Nevertheless, such uses are almost universal today in all but the most formal speech and writing. In extremely careful speech and in much formal writing, as, as if, and as though are more commonly used than like: The commanding general accepted full responsibility for the incident, as any professional soldier would. Many of the Greenwich Village bohemians lived as if (or as though) there were no tomorrow. The strong strictures against the use of like as a conjunction have resulted in the occasional hypercorrect use of as as a preposition where like is idiomatic: She looks as a sympathetic person. Like meaning “as if” is also standard in informal speech and writing with a small number of adjectives: The crew worked like crazy (or like mad) to finish the job on time. See also as.
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