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alike adjective [ əˈlʌɪk ]

• (of two or more people or things) similar to each other.
• "the brothers were very much alike"
Similar: similar, the same, indistinguishable, identical, uniform, interchangeable, undifferentiated, homogeneous, much the same, of a piece, cut from the same cloth, resembling, corresponding, like, parallel, analogous, cognate, like (two) peas in a pod, much of a muchness,
Opposite: different,

alike adverb

• in the same or a similar way.
• "they dressed alike in black trousers and jackets"
Similar: similarly, the same, just the same, in the same way/manner/fashion, in like manner, identically, uniformly,
Opposite: differently,
Origin: Old English gelīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gelijk and German gleich, reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse álíkr (adjective) and álíka (adverb).


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