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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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.
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Prior to Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox properties, the Magic Mike star was set to play the Cajun mutant in a standalone movie that the actor likened to Deadpool, in tone.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This can be likened to extra parking spaces where ions can hop through.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
This was the first time SpaceX used the ship's payload deployment mechanism, which engineers liken to a Pez dispenser, using pulleys to move the rack of Starlink simulators and push them out of the rocket's side door one at a time.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Zoe Guy, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Prior to Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox properties, the Magic Mike star was set to play the Cajun mutant in a standalone movie that the actor likened to Deadpool, in tone.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
This can be likened to extra parking spaces where ions can hop through.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
This was the first time SpaceX used the ship's payload deployment mechanism, which engineers liken to a Pez dispenser, using pulleys to move the rack of Starlink simulators and push them out of the rocket's side door one at a time.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Liken to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liken%20to. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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