<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>lik·er, lik·est: of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.</li><li>corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable respect; similar; analogous: drawing, painting, and like arts.</li><li>bearing resemblance.</li><li>Dialect: likely or probable: 'Tis like that he's gone mad.</li><li>Dialect: about; almost ready, as to perform some action: The poor chap seemed like to run away.</li></ul><p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.</li><li>resembling (someone or something): He is just like his father. Your necklace is just like mine.</li><li>characteristic of: It would be like him to forget our appointment.</li><li>as if there is promise of; indicative of: It looks like rain.</li><li>as if someone or something gives promise of being: She looks like a good prospect for the job.</li><li>disposed or inclined to (usually preceded by feel): to feel like going to bed.</li><li>similar or comparable to: There is nothing like a cold drink of water when one is thirsty.</li><li>What was he like? (used correlatively to indicate similarity through relationship): like father, like son.</li><li>(used to establish an intensifying, often facetious, comparison): They ran like hell down the street. Last night I slept like a log.</li><li>as; such as: There are numerous hobbies you might enjoy, like photography or painting.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>nearly; closely; approximately: The house is more like 40 than 20 years old.</li><li>Informal: likely or probably: Like enough he'll come with us. Like as not her leg is broken.</li><li>Nonstandard: as it were; in a way; somehow: I did it like wrong.</li><li>to a degree; more or less: The guy was standing against the wall, looking very tough like.</li></ul><p><strong>Conjunction</strong></p><ul><li>in the same way as; just as; as: It happened like you might expect it would.</li><li>as if: He acted like he was afraid. The car runs like new.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the): No one has seen his like in a long time. Like attracts like.</li><li>kind; sort; type; ilk (usually preceded by a possessive adjective): I despise moochers and their like.</li><li>the like, something of a similar nature: They grow oranges, lemons, and the like.</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: (used in speech, often nonvolitionally or habitually, to preface a sentence, to fill a pause, to express uncertainty, or to intensify or neutralize a following adjective): So, like, why didn't you call me? The music was, like, really great, you know? I'm not going out—it's like 10 degrees out there!</li></ul>