liken

liken is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
2. adjective. To make or cause to be like.
3. verb. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

   "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"

   "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

   Synonyms: compare, equate

Synonyms

compare, equate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in liken:

inkle, klein, kline

Common word forms

likens, likened, likening

Words from these letters

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