the like

1. 1.

   a similar kind

   “dogs, foxes, and the like”

   “we don't want the likes of you around here”

   Synonymslikethe likes of

   Broaderkind

Questions about the like

What does the like mean?

the like means "a similar kind".

What is another word for the like?

Close synonyms include like, the likes of. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is the like a common word?

the like is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.