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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In the past, the Pope has likened today's need for safeguards to protect people in the face of AI developments to those that were needed to ensure human dignity during the industrial revolution.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It could be difficult to mount a legal challenge to the settlement and its addendum, according to Kautter, who likened the arrangement to a contract between the president and the federal government.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

He might be likened to that friend of Samuel Johnson’s who apologized that he had never quite managed to become a philosopher: “I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The chairman likened the company to a real estate developer that buys land, sells it at a higher price, and reinvests the proceeds.

From Barron's • May 5, 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