What is another word for like of?

Pronunciation: [lˈa͡ɪk ɒv] (IPA)

The phrase "like of" typically means "similar to" or "comparable to". Other synonyms for this phrase could include "type of", "kind of", "ilk of", "species of", or "variety of". These phrases are often used to categorize or classify items or people based on their similarities or characteristics. For example, "This car is similar to the likes of a sports car", "This musician is of the same ilk as Jimi Hendrix" or "This plant belongs to the species of succulents". Using synonyms for "like of" can add variety to one's writing and help to avoid repetition.

What are the hypernyms for Like of?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for like of?

The phrase "like of" is often used to describe someone or something that is similar to another person or thing. However, there are several antonyms for this phrase that can be used to describe differences or dissimilarities. Some antonyms for "like of" include "unlike," "dislike," "dissimilar," "opposite," "contrasting," and "different." These words can be used to describe individuals who have little in common, or objects that are vastly different from one another. Using antonyms for "like of" can help to add depth and variety to your descriptions, making your writing more dynamic and interesting.

What are the antonyms for Like of?

Famous quotes with Like of

  • There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember.
    Philip Dunne
  • We are concerned that, in a few years time, this place of discovery, with its wealth of human fossils, the like of which can be found nowhere else in the world, could be completely destroyed.
    Richard Leakey
  • If you do jot feel equal to the headaches that psychiatry induces, you are in the wrong business. It is work - work the like of which I do not know.
    Harry Stack Sullivan
  • Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.
    Marquis de Sade
  • Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters "T" and "H" joined together, which resembleth a "Y," do incontinently jump to the conclusion the THE is pronounced "Ye,"--the like of which I never heard in all England.
    Bret Harte

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