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/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/ · verb
Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare..
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
And vvell may the preacher and plovvman be likened together: Firſt, for their labour in all ſeaſons of the year; for there is no time of the year in vvhich the ploughman hath not ſome ſpecial vvork to do. […] And then they alſo may be likened together for the diverſity of vvorks, and variety of offices that they have to do.
In this ſaing S. Auguſtin likeneth the ſacramentes of the olde lavve in reſpect of the ſacramentes of the nevve lavve vnto childrens games, and our ſacramentes he likeneth to the thinges of more profett, vvhich are to be geuen to the ſonnes of God, vvhen they vvaxe of more age, knovvledge, and ripeneſſe.
Me thinkes therefore, that of all of the Græcian Captaines I can liken none ſo vvell vnto him, as Eumenes the Cardian.
[T]he Prince broke thy head for lik'ning him to a ſinging man of VVindſor; […]
He merited not the Abaſement; vve vvere vvorthy the Damnation. Ah, ah my good Sauiour! A Nethermoſt depth cannot ſincke me lovv enough, ſince thou ſtoop'ſt to a Footſtoole. Thou likenedſt thee to me, I vvill compare me to Nothing: […]
[T]he Rebel King / Doubl'd that ſin in Bethel and in Dan, / Lik'ning his Maker to the Grazed Ox, […]
You vvill then be every one's favourite: and every good ſervant, for the future, vvill be proud to be liken'd to honeſt Joſeph Leman.
Use liken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Liken means Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare..
Common synonyms include equate, compare.
Possible antonyms include contrast, unliken.
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
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