Definitions

alike

[uh-lahyk] / əˈlaɪk /

ADJECTIVE

similar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

identical

STRONG

like similar

WEAK

Xerox akin allied analogous approximate associated carbon copy cognate comparable concurrent correspondent corresponding dead ringer ditto double duplicate equal equivalent even facsimile indistinguishable kindred look-alike matched matching mated parallel proportionate related resembling same same difference spitting image undifferentiated uniform

Antonyms

STRONG

different dissimilar unlike

WEAK

distinct diverse opposite

ADVERB

similarly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

likewise

WEAK

analogously comparably comparatively consonantly correspondingly equally equivalently evenly identically in accordance with in common in the same degree in the same manner similarly the same way uniformly

Antonyms

WEAK

differently dissimilarly unequally unevenly

Example Sentences

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No two El Niños are alike, but the disruption is felt most sharply in the tropics.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Messrs. Cornett and Bradway, playing brothers, look enough alike to give one pause at least in the early part of the eight-episode season, and the flashes back and forth are frequent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

If there are racecars, sports cars, and beat-up jalopies alike, are the cars born into their occupation?

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Every time a major bitcoin bear market arrives, there is an inevitable rush of grave dancing by crypto bulls and skeptics alike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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