Words that rhyme with leaflike

• alike 0
  adv 1: equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" [syn: alike, likewise] 2: in a like manner; "they walk alike" adj 1: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike]
• apelike 0
  adj 1: resembling apes [syn: anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike] 2: being or given to servile imitation [syn: apish, apelike]
• belike 0
  adv 1: with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war" [syn: probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike]
• bike 0
  n 1: a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame [syn: motorcycle, bike] 2: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle] v 1: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]
• businesslike 0
  adj 1: exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business 2: not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal [syn: businesslike, earnest]
• childlike 0
  adj 1: befitting a young child; "childlike charm" [syn: childlike, childly] 2: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" [syn: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy- eyed, simple]
• dike 0
  n 1: (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine [syn: butch, dike, dyke] 2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke] v 1: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water" [syn: dike, dyke]
• dislike 0
  n 1: an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval] 2: a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive" [ant: liking] v 1: have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike this salesman" [ant: like]
• doglike 0
  adj 1: resembling a dog; especially in devotion; "a doglike affection"
• dreamlike 0
  adj 1: resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" [syn: dreamlike, surreal]
• fanlike 0
  adj 1: resembling a fan
• ghostlike 0
  adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual]
• godlike 0
  adj 1: appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref [syn: divine, godlike] 2: being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe [syn: divine, godlike]
• hike 0
  n 1: a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time" [syn: hike, hiking, tramp] 2: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [syn: rise, boost, hike, cost increase] 3: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] v 1: increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" [syn: hike, hike up, boost] 2: walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"
• homelike 0
  adj 1: having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" [syn: homelike, homely, homey, homy]
• hornlike 0
  adj 1: made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn: corneous, hornlike, horny]
• knifelike 0
  adj 1: cutting or able to cut as if with a knife 2: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp] 3: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] 4: having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile"
• ladylike 0
  adj 1: befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
• lifelike 0
  adj 1: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid] 2: free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction" [syn: lifelike, natural]
• like 0
  adj 1: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: like, similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike] 2: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same] [ant: unlike] 3: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike] 4: conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn: comparable, corresponding, like] n 1: a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here" [syn: like, the like, the likes of] 2: a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk" [syn: like, ilk] v 1: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn: wish, care, like] 2: find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" [ant: dislike] 3: be fond of; "I like my nephews" 4: feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?" 5: want to have; "I'd like a beer now!"
• liplike 0
  adj 1: having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: labiate, liplike]
• machinelike 0
  adj 1: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn: automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike, robotic]
• manlike 0
  adj 1: possessing qualities befitting a man [syn: manly, manful, manlike] [ant: unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly] 2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports" [syn: male, manful, manlike, manly, virile] 3: resembling human beings [syn: anthropoid, manlike]
• mike 0
  n 1: device for converting sound waves into electrical energy [syn: microphone, mike]
• nutlike 0
  adj 1: having the flavor of nuts; "a nutty sherry" [syn: nutty, nutlike] 2: resembling a nut in shape and size
• pike 0
  n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway] 2: highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh 3: a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) 4: medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet 5: any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere
• rocklike 0
  adj 1: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]
• seamanlike 0
  adj 1: characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship [syn: seamanlike, seamanly] [ant: unseamanlike]
• snakelike 0
  adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky, snakelike]
• spike 0
  n 1: a transient variation in voltage or current 2: sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction" 3: fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: ear, spike, capitulum] 4: (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis 5: a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline; "the seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor" 6: a very high narrow heel on women's shoes [syn: spike heel, spike, stiletto heel] 7: each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves); "the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"; "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens" 8: a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur) 9: a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal); "one of the spikes impaled him" 10: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order" [syn: spike, spindle] 11: a large stout nail; "they used spikes to fasten the rails to a railroad tie" v 1: stand in the way of 2: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike] 3: secure with spikes 4: bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now" [syn: spike, spike out] 5: add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: spike, lace, fortify] 6: manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"
• sportsmanlike 0
  adj 1: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike]
• statesmanlike 0
  adj 1: marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman; "a man of statesmanlike judgment"; "a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities"-V.L.Parrington [syn: statesmanlike, statesmanly] [ant: unstatesmanlike]
• strike 0
  n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" [syn: strike, work stoppage] 2: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" 3: a gentle blow [syn: rap, strike, tap] 4: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" [syn: strike, ten-strike] 5: (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" 6: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang] v 1: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" 2: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike] 3: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with] [ant: miss] 4: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: strike, hit] 5: indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck" 6: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" [syn: hit, strike] 7: stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met" [syn: strike, walk out] 8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" [syn: fall, shine, strike] 9: attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" [syn: come to, strike] 10: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" [syn: strike, hit] 11: cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" 12: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover] 13: produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" 14: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise] 15: cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: hit, strike, come to] 16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" [syn: hit, strike] 17: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike, take up] 18: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike] 19: smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" [syn: strickle, strike] 20: pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats" 21: arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
• suchlike 0
  adj 1: of the same kind; "a locker that usually contained paper, ink, and suchlike equipment"
• sylphlike 0
  adj 1: moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]
• threadlike 0
  adj 1: thin in diameter; resembling a thread [syn: filamentous, filiform, filamentlike, threadlike, thready]
• tyke 0
  n 1: a native of Yorkshire 2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike] 3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
• unlike 0
  adj 1: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar] 2: not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities" [ant: like, same]
• warlike 0
  adj 1: disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies" [syn: militant, hawkish, warlike] 2: suggesting war or military life [syn: warlike, martial]
• wavelike 0
  adj 1: uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves [syn: crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike]
• witchlike 0
  adj 1: being or having the character of witchcraft
• womanlike 0
  adj 1: resembling a woman; "a womanlike stone image" n 1: the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female [syn: womanliness, womanlike]
• workmanlike 0
  adj 1: worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index"
• wormlike 0
  adj 1: totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike, wormy]
• dyke 0
  n 1: (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine [syn: butch, dike, dyke] 2: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke] v 1: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water" [syn: dike, dyke]
• ike 0
  n 1: United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961) [syn: Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower]
• reich 0
  n 1: the German state 2: Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957) [syn: Reich, Wilhelm Reich] 3: United States composer (born in 1936) [syn: Reich, Steve Reich, Stephen Michael Reich]
• tike 0
  n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike] 2: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
• trike 0
  n 1: a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals [syn: tricycle, trike, velocipede]
• deathlike 0
  adj 1: having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" [syn: deathlike, deathly]
• grasslike 0
  adj 1: resembling grass
• lamblike 0
  adj 1: like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
• starlike 0
  adj 1: resembling a star; "they saw a starlike object in the sky"
• swordlike 0
  adj 1: shaped like a sword blade; "the iris has an ensiform leaf" [syn: ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike, bladelike]
• toothlike 0
  adj 1: resembling a tooth
• wifelike 0
  adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly]
• winglike 0
  adj 1: resembling a wing in shape or position
• unalike 0
  adj 1: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" [syn: unalike, dissimilar] [ant: alike(p), like, similar]
• hairlike 0
  adj 1: long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube" [syn: capillary, hairlike]
• heathlike 0
  adj 1: resembling heath
• scalelike 0
  adj 1: reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale; "scalelike leaves"
• catlike 0
• flowerlike 0
• flutelike 0
• gemlike 0
• herblike 0
• swanlike 0
• dovelike 0
• glasslike 0
• mislike 0
• mosslike 0
• plantlike 0
• stemlike 0
• antlike 0
• rootlike 0

See also leaflike definition and leaflike synonyms