2006-10-15 07:45:16 · 6 answers · asked by awakelate 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Nouns] good, benefit, advantage; improvement [more]; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest.
boon (gift) [more]; good turn; blessing; world of good; piece of good luck, piece of good fortune; nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure trove.
good fortune (prosperity) [more]; happiness [more].
[Source of good] goodness [more]; utility [more]; remedy [more]; pleasure giving [more].
[Adjectives] commendable [more]; useful [more]; good, beneficial [more].
[Adverbs] well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis; all for the best; to one's advantage; in one's favor, in one's interest.
[Phrases] so far so good; magnum bonum.
Main Entry: like
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: similar
Synonyms: according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, jibing, matching, near, not unlike, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform
Antonyms: unlike
Notes: use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb)
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Main Entry: like
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enjoy
Synonyms: admire, adore, appreciate, approve, care for, care to, cherish, cotton to, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exclaim, fancy, feast on, find appealing, go for*, hanker for, hold dear, indulge in, love, luxuriate in, prize, rejoice in, relish, revel in, savor, stuck on*, take
Antonyms: dislike
Notes: use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb)
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang
2006-10-15 07:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by Steph 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should always have a personal dictionary and a personal thesaurus to assist you in your writing. I think everyone should have a copy of these valuable books.
2006-10-15 16:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by Bethany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a thesaurus. Or, go to an online thesaurus.
2006-10-15 14:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You gotta give us more information than that . What subject are you writing about ?
2006-10-15 14:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for an online thesaurus.
Like as in "fond of" or "enjoy" ?
or as in: "So, like, I called her and she was all, like, Helllooooo"
2006-10-15 14:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thesaurus.com
2006-10-15 14:47:56 · answer #6 · answered by imhalf_the_sourgirl_iused_tobe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋