the likes of

1. 1.

   a similar kind

   “dogs, foxes, and the like”

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

   Synonymslikethe like

   Broaderkind

Questions about the likes of

What does the likes of mean?

the likes of means "a similar kind".

What is another word for the likes of?

Close synonyms include like, the like. 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 likes of a common word?

the likes of is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.