liken

UK: /ˈlaɪkən/ US: /ˈlaɪkən/ ,(lī′kən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

lik•en /ˈlaɪkən/   v. [~ + object + to + object]

1. to compare and claim (someone or something) to be similar or like (another):
   The cartoon likened the senator to a money-grubbing weasel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

lik•en  (lī′kən), v.t. 

1. to represent as similar or like;
   compare:
   to liken someone to a weasel.

• Middle English liknen. See like¹, -en¹ 1275–1325

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liken / ˈlaɪkən/ verb

1. (transitive) to see or represent as the same or similar; compare

Etymology: 14th Century: from like¹ (adj)