We often liken death to sleep.
Source: tatoeba (10266821)
Liken
//ˈlaɪk(ə)n//
Synonyms for "liken" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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Translations
34 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَبَّهَ verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сравнявам verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 比喻 verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Czech
3 entries- připodobnit verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- přirovnat verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- přirovnávat verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Dutch
1 entries- vergelijken verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Finnish
3 entries- rinnastaa verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- tehdä jonkinlaiseksi verb (to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing)
- verrata verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
French
1 entries- comparer verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Georgian
3 entries- ადარებს verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- ამგვანებს verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- ამსგავსებს verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
German
1 entries- vergleichen verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Indonesian
2 entries- membandingkan verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- mengumpamakan verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Italian
1 entries- paragonare verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Japanese
1 entries- たとえる verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Macedonian
1 entries- спо́реди verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Occitan
1 entries- comparar verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Polish
2 entries- porównać verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- porównywać verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Portuguese
1 entries- comparar verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Russian
4 entries- сра́внивать verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- сравни́ть verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- уподо́бить verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- уподобля́ть verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Sicilian
1 entries- paragunari verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Spanish
2 entries- asemejar verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- comparar verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Swedish
2 entries- jämföra verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
- likna verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Turkish
1 entries- benzetmek verb (to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
On the Web, I have met Japanese who would liken their country to cozy Guatemala. I call the phenomenon "The Guatemala Model."
Source: tatoeba (10663758)
The genetic code is a set of instructions in a gene that tells a cell how to make specific proteins, chemicals that are key to an organism's normal development and function. The premature stop codon, which scientists liken to a red stop light, is a mutation that orders cells to stop reading essential genetic instructions part-way through protein synthesis, resulting in an incomplete or shortened protein and potentially serious health consequences.
Source: tatoeba (12231575)
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
Source: wiktionary
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