liken to



liken someone or something to someone or something

to compare someone or something to someone or something, concentrating on the similarities. He is strange. I can only liken him to an eccentric millionaire. The poet likened James to a living statue of Mercury.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MadgeMAJEnglish
Nebuchadnezzar-Ancient Near Eastern (Anglicized), Biblical
SieghardZEEK-hahrtGerman
Arkadios-Ancient Greek
DİRenÇ-Turkish
LeopoldLE-o-pawlt (German), LAY-o-pawlt (Dutch), LEE-ə-pold (English), le-AW-pawlt (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish