Like crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Like” are SAME, CARE or WISH, with 4 letters. Below are 96 answers from 3 to 13 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

ILK 3 letters · noun

a kind of person “I can't tolerate people of his ilk”

SAME 4 letters · adjective

equal in amount or value “the same amount”

EQUAL 5 letters · verb

be identical or equivalent to “One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”

MOTHER 6 letters · verb

care for like a mother

SIMILAR 7 letters · adjective

having the same or similar characteristics

ASTEROID 8 letters · adjective

shaped like a star

BUTTERFLY 9 letters · verb

flutter like a butterfly

COMPARABLE 10 letters · adjective

conforming in every respect

MOUNTAINOUS 11 letters · adjective

like a mountain in size and impressiveness “mountainous waves”

CORRESPONDING 13 letters · adjective

conforming in every respect “boxes with corresponding dimensions”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, SAME, CARE, WISH, CLUB, FELT and RIDE all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: M → SAME · R → CARE · S → WISH · U → CLUB · L → FELT · D → RIDE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, EQUAL, FORCE, EARTH, STICK, GHOST and FANCY all fit. The fifth letter tells them all apart: L → EQUAL · E → FORCE · H → EARTH · K → STICK · T → GHOST · Y → FANCY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ILK, BAG, PIG, DOT, HOG and DIN all fit. The first letter settles most of it: I → ILK · B → BAG · P → PIG · D → DOT, DIN · H → HOG. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “liked” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “like” means

• verb: to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something (“Would you like to come along to the movies?”)
• verb: find enjoyable or agreeable (“I like jogging”)
• verb: be fond of (“I like my nephews”)
• verb: feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard (“How did you like the President's speech last night?”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as LIKE, and words whose definition is LIKE. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.