liken to

phrasal verb

likened to; likening to; likens to

: to describe (someone or something) as similar to (someone or something else)

Some critics have likened his writing to Faulkner's.

She likened her trip to a pilgrimage.

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As a teenager, Neil worked for the Church of Scientology for three years as an auditor, a minister of the church who conducts a process some have likened to hypnosis. —

Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025 The air quality index soared to 155, a level that Dr. Kari Nadeau, chair of the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, likened to smoking up to about 10 cigarettes a day. —

Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 He’s been likened to P.T. Barnum, a notorious scammer brought back into the public eye through 2017's The Greatest Showman. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025 Banh canh Another underrated noodle soup, banh canh is often likened to udon due to the thick, round noodles used in the dish. —

Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for liken to