be like
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 6.26 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be typical or characteristic of (someone or something).
verb
To say.
American usage; Informal
verb
To be as though.
Example Sentences
- "They are like their parents in this respect."
- "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive."
- "In these great sayings Jesus shows what people are like when God is King in their hearts, and in their lives."
- "If he’s like “I don’t want to”, then be like “Pretty please! – It means a lot to me”."
- "This weekend he called me up and he’s all “Where were you today?” and I’m like “I’m at my Grandmother’s house” […]"
- "A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude’s gotta have nugs.”"
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Synonyms
be all
be all like