liken to
phrasal verb
likened to; likening to; likens to
: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)
Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.
She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.
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Yet that hardly mattered, since what was forming was a community that the players now liken to the artists and writers of Paris in the ’20s.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
The spectacle that unfolds can be likened to an underwater wildebeest migration—where the wildebeest are tropical fish and the predators are sharks.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Tyler Marsh, the Chicago Sky’s head coach, recently co-signed the 23-year-old hooper being likened to James Worthy.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Drake’s attempt to get his lick back comes amid a year of Kendrick unequivocally ending the goofy Torontonian, only for the Compton rapper to repeatedly trample on his proverbial grave at his funeral, a victory lap frequently likened to that one elephant’s in India.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
The spectacle that unfolds can be likened to an underwater wildebeest migration—where the wildebeest are tropical fish and the predators are sharks.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Tyler Marsh, the Chicago Sky’s head coach, recently co-signed the 23-year-old hooper being likened to James Worthy.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Drake’s attempt to get his lick back comes amid a year of Kendrick unequivocally ending the goofy Torontonian, only for the Compton rapper to repeatedly trample on his proverbial grave at his funeral, a victory lap frequently likened to that one elephant’s in India.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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