| Main Entry: | according to |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | in accordance with |
Synonyms: |
as reported by, as stated in, conforming to, in agreement with, in consonance with, in keeping with, in line with, just as, pursuant to, to the degree that |
| Main Entry: | consistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, compatible |
Synonyms: |
accordant, according to, agreeable, all of a piece, coherent, conforming with, congenial, congruous, consonant, equable, harmonious, like, logical, matching, sympathetic |
Antonyms: |
disagreeing, incompatible, inconsistent, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | like |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | similar |
Synonyms: |
according to, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, approximating, approximative, close, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, double, equal, equaling, equivalent, homologous, identical, in the manner of, jibing, matching, much the same, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, parallel, related, relating, resembling, same, selfsame, such, twin, undifferentiated, uniform |
| Notes: | use 'like' when no verb follows; use 'as' when a clause follows (which has a subject and a verb) |
Antonyms: |
different, dissimilar, unlike |
| Main Entry: | per |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | for each |
Synonyms: |
according to, by, by means of, contained in each, for each one, for every, in accordance with, through, to each |