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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He was sometimes likened to Nelson Mandela, that other legendary political prisoner of the Cold War, who similarly spent his postwar life working to reconcile his countrymen and extolling the virtues of nonviolence.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Rosie Gorman, 22, was doing a series of backflips during a cheerleading competition when her shins slammed into a wall, resulting in an injury doctors likened to a car crash, according to The Daily Mail.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 14 May 2025
The roughly twenty-one-inch-square canvas—whose size the New York Times somewhat cruelly likened to that of a throw pillow—hammered for $41 million after sparking a bidding war between two collectors, with the absent and as yet unnamed victor offering the winning price via telephone.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2025
Prior to 1984, the island was used as the site of a maximum security prison, likened to Alcatraz, reachable only by a two-hour boat ride and home to more than 1,000 prisoners throughout its history.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Rosie Gorman, 22, was doing a series of backflips during a cheerleading competition when her shins slammed into a wall, resulting in an injury doctors likened to a car crash, according to The Daily Mail.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 14 May 2025
The roughly twenty-one-inch-square canvas—whose size the New York Times somewhat cruelly likened to that of a throw pillow—hammered for $41 million after sparking a bidding war between two collectors, with the absent and as yet unnamed victor offering the winning price via telephone.
—News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2025
Prior to 1984, the island was used as the site of a maximum security prison, likened to Alcatraz, reachable only by a two-hour boat ride and home to more than 1,000 prisoners throughout its history.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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