likened

VERB

compare

Synonyms

STRONGEST

equate relate

STRONG

allegorize approach assimilate balance correlate equal link match parallel resemble

WEAK

approximate to be in the same class as be on a par with bear comparison come up to distinguish between draw parallel identify with make like notice similarities put alongside show correspondence

Antonyms

STRONG

differ disconnect disproportion imbalance separate

Example Sentences

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likened

I think you’ve likened it to putting down a dog.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton likened the effects of a software bug that affected multiple cars before the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to a "Lego race".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some historians have likened the dispute to the French and German tug-of-war over Charlemagne.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

He likened the matter to a Pandora’s box, which “rarely closes” once it’s been opened.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

It would be Heisenberg and his mentor, the soft-spoken but rigorously logical Dane Niels Bohr, who finally divined the solution, in a process Heisenberg likened to watching an object emerge from a thick fog.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik