Definition of likes

"likes" in the noun sense

1. like, the like, the likes of

a similar kind

"dogs, foxes, and the like"

"we don't want the likes of you around here"

2. like, ilk

a kind of person

"We'll not see his like again"

"I can't tolerate people of his ilk"

"likes" in the verb sense

1. wish, care, like

prefer or wish to do something

"Do you care to try this dish?"

"Would you like to come along to the movies?"

2. like

find enjoyable or agreeable

"I like jogging"

"She likes to read Russian novels"

3. like

be fond of

"I like my nephews"

4. like

feel about or towards consider, evaluate, or regard

"How did you like the President's speech last night?"

5. like

want to have

"I'd like a beer now!"

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Quotations for likes

The world likes to be deceived. [ Dutch Proverb ]

Every bird likes its own nest best. [ Proverb ]

Heaven is not always angry when He strikes,
But most chastises those whom most He likes. [ Pomfret ]

He hath profited well that likes Cicero well. [ Proverb ]

Who likes not the drink, God deprives him of bread. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

She that hath spice enough may season as she likes. [ Proverb ]

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

A man's little the better for liking himself, if nobody else likes him. [ Proverb ]

The measure of choosing well is whether a man likes what he has chosen. [ Lamb ]

Women like balls and assemblies, as a hunter likes a place where game abounds. [ Latena ]

The more anyone speaks of himself the less he likes to hear another talked of. [ Lavater ]

Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes. [ William Shakespeare ]

Nature does not like to be observed, and likes that we should be her fools and playmates. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

A wise man likes that best, that is itself; Not that which only seems, though it look fairer. [ Middleton ]

It is meet that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm, that cannot be seduced? [ William Shakespeare ]

Marta likes to talk about sensuality, but I don't think she would know sensuality if it bit her on the ass." [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear. [ Goethe ]

There are two freedoms, - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought. [ Charles Kingsley ]

There is something cordial in a fat man, everybody likes him, and he likes everybody. Food does a fat man good; it clings to him; it fructifies upon him; he swells nobly out, and fills a generous space in life. [ Henry Giles ]

likes in Scrabble®

The word likes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters likes:

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likes in Words With Friends™

The word likes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters likes:

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Words containing the sequence likes

Words that start with likes (2 words)

Words with likes in them (1 word)

Words that end with likes (6 words)

Word Growth involving likes

Shorter words in likes

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Longer words containing likes

alikes lookalikes

dislikes

likest

mislikes

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