| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enjoy, be fond of |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, appreciate, approve, be gratified by, be keen on, be partial to, be pleased by, be sweet on, care for, care to, cherish, delight in, derive pleasure from, dig*, dote on, esteem, exclaim, fancy, feast on, find appealing, get a kick out of, go for, hanker for, hold dear, indulge in, love, luxuriate in, prize, rejoice in, relish, revel in, savor, stuck on, take an interest in, take delight in, take satisfaction in, take to |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
Antonyms: |
despise, dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, feel inclined |
Synonyms: |
care to, desire, elect, fancy, feel disposed, feel like, have a preference for, incline toward, please, prefer, select, want, will, wish |
Antonyms: |
dislike, ignore |
| Main Entry: | liking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fondness, taste |
Synonyms: |
affection, affinity, appetite, appreciation, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, love, mind, palate, partiality, passion, penchant, pleasure, predilection, preference, proneness, propensity, relish, soft spot, stomach, sympathy, tendency, tooth, velleity, weakness, will |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe the goodness, realness of something |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, affirm, approbate, approve, buy*, countenance, fancy, favor, go for, hold, hold with, like, recognize, relish, swallow*, take as gospel truth, take stock in, trust |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
Antonyms: |
disagree, dispute, reject, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | admiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great respect |
Synonyms: |
account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorification, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, liking, love, marveling, obeisance, pleasure, praise, prizing, recognition, regard, reverence, valuing, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship |
Antonyms: |
aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing |
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
Synonyms: |
amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
Antonyms: |
animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
| Main Entry: | appetite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire for food, worldly goods |
Synonyms: |
appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest |
Antonyms: |
antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | value highly |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of worth |
Synonyms: |
admiration, aesthetic sense, affection, appraisal, assessment, attraction, awareness, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, grasp, high regard, knowledge, liking, love, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, responsivenesss, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation |
| Main Entry: | approval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good opinion |
Synonyms: |
PR, acclaim, admiration, applause, appreciation, approbation, commendation, esteem, favor, liking, pat on the back, pat on the head, praise, puff, pumping up, regard, respect, strokes, stroking, wow* |
Antonyms: |
disapproval, disfavor, dislike, hatred |