Simile word
The crossword clue "Simile word" is answered by LIKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LIKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIKE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LIKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIKE, most used first.
- Similar to - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Enjoy - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Be fond of - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Take a shine to - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Take a fancy to - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Similar - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Go for - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Facebook button - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Akin to - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Prefer - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Admire - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Care for - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Facebook action - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Resembling - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Take pleasure in - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Be partial to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Facebook option - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Facebook thumbs-up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Reminiscent of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Analogous - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Cotton to - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Give a thumbs up on Facebook - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "I ___ Ike" - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Take to - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
- Division word - INTO, used 273 times
- Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
- Choice word - ELSE, used 147 times
- Towel word - HERS, used 143 times
- Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
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