suchlike

[suhch-lahyk]

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adjective

of any such kind; similar.

pronoun

persons or things of such a kind.

Origin of suchlike

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at such, like¹

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Related Words for suchlike

aforesaid, akin, alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, like, parallel, said, similar, that, this, suchlike

Examples from the Web for suchlike

Historical Examples of suchlike

And then there were the satyrs and centaurs, and suchlike beings.
Pagan Passions
Gordon Randall Garrett
Nor are electoral methods, Reform Bills and suchlike, unimportant.
Past and Present
Thomas Carlyle
What a horror he seems to have of wine and negus and suchlike things, mamma.
Nearly Lost but Dearly Won
Theodore P. Wilson
But now he showed me a death's-head, saying: 'Suchlike you will be soon.'
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche
Anatole France
Perhaps I'll be a governess, or a Board-school teacher, or suchlike.
Babylon, Volume 1 (of 3)
Grant Allen

British Dictionary definitions for suchlike

suchlike

adjective

(prenominal) of such a kind; similarJohn, Ken, and other suchlike idiots

noun

such or similar persons or thingshyenas, jackals, and suchlike

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