unlike
Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
Adjective 2 meanings
Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
“The brothers are quite unlike each other.”
Unequal.
“They contributed in unlike amounts.”
Preposition 3 meanings
Different from; not in a like or similar manner.
“The disgust I felt after watching last weekend's horror movie was unlike anything I had felt before.”
In contrast with; as opposed to.
“Claudia hardly ever drinks beer or wine, unlike Phillip, for whom the bar is practically a second home.”
Not typical of one's character or personality.
“Being late is unlike him.”
Noun 2 meanings
Something that is not like something else; something different.
The act of withdrawing one's like from a post on social media.
Verb 2 meanings
To dislike.
To cancel a "like" action.
“I unliked the post after I found out the author was racist.”
Etymology
From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).
UNLIKE at a glance
UNLIKE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (U 1 + N 1 + L 1 + I 1 + K 5 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,594 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with unlike
All rhymesOne letter away
- UNLIVE9
- UNLIME8
- UNLINE6
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