Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
- 2adjective
To make or cause to be like.
- 3verb
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"
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