alike

[ uh-lahyk ]

/ əˈlaɪk /

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adverb

in the same manner or form; similarly: They treated all customers alike.

to the same degree; equally: All three were guilty alike.

adjective

having resemblance or similarity; having or showing no marked or important difference: He thinks all politicians are alike.

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Origin of alike

before 950; Middle English alyke < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse ālīkr, cognate with Old English onlīc, Old High German analīh; replacing Middle English ilich, Old English gelīc, cognate with Old Saxon gilīk, Old High German gilīh (German gleich), Gothic galeiks, Old Norse (g)līkr; see like¹

SYNONYMS FOR alike

3. similar, akin.

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ANTONYMS FOR alike

1. differently.

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Related formsa·like·ness, nounhalf-a·like, adjectiveun·a·like, adjective, adverb

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Examples from the Web for alike

And when I say all our women, I mean all: Saudi and non-Saudi, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
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A quick Google search for political sex scandals will lead you to pages of naughtiness, Republican and Democratic alike.
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And so, with a surprising suddenness, it has recently bloomed up among Republicans and Democrats alike.
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They had both recently been hired by the company, which purchased a mobile-app startup called Alike, which was created by Zhang.
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And people, citizens and “migrants” alike, should be required to receive them!
D.C. Moron Phil Gingrey Spread Ebola Fever Over Immigrants|Kent Sepkowitz|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Parisian gamins are alike wherever you see them, for they all come from one stock, and are all brought up in one way.
Nasby in Exile|David R. Locke
The kindred of Mrs. Washington alike share his solicitudes, paternal care, and constant kindness.
Washington in Domestic Life|Richard Rush
Saint and sinner, believer and infidel, are alike under this compulsion in matters moral—and in all matters.
St. Cuthbert's|Robert E. Knowles
I will to my oratory and pray for her, since to aid her by hand and head is alike denied to me.
The Fair Maid of Perth|Sir Walter Scott
On each side is an emblematic figure enclosed in an oval; the figures are different, but their surroundings are alike.
English Embroidered Bookbindings|Cyril James Humphries Davenport

British Dictionary definitions for alike

alike

/ (əˈlaɪk) /

adjective (postpositive)

possessing the same or similar characteristicsthey all look alike to me

adverb

in the same or a similar manner, way, or degreethey walk alike

Word Origin for alike

Old English gelīc; see like 1

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Word Origin and History for alike

alike

adj.

c.1300, aliche, from Old English gelic and/or onlice "similar," from Proto-Germanic *galikam "associated form" (cf. Old Frisian gelik, German gleich, Gothic galeiks, Old Norse glikr; see like (adj.)).