Meanings
present singular third person looks like · participle present looking like · participle past looked like · past looked like
- transitiveTo resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
It looks like rain later today.
5 more examples
It looks like it will rain later today.
It looks like I'm stuck with you.
Ostriches look like emus to some people, but they are only distantly related.
You wake up on what looks like Salisbury Plain, but in Africa.
The port does not look like much from the ground.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Middle Englishloken like
- Englishlook like
From Middle English loken like, equivalent to look + like (conjunction and preposition).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَبِهَ, بَدَا
- شَبِهَ (šabiha)to resemble, to seem to be
- بَدَا (badā)to resemble, to seem to be
Catalan assemblar-se a, semblar
- assemblar-se ato resemble, to seem to be
- semblarto resemble, to seem to be
- semblar serto resemble, to seem to be
Chinese Mandarin 像, 看起來 /看起来
- 像 (xiàng)to resemble, to seem to be
- 看起來 /看起来 (kànqilai)to resemble, to seem to be
Dutch lijken op
- lijken opto resemble, to seem to be
Finnish muistuttaa, näyttää
- muistuttaato resemble, to seem to be
- näyttääto resemble, to seem to be
- näyttää siltä, ettäto resemble, to seem to be
French ressembler, sembler
- ressemblerto resemble, to seem to be
- semblerto resemble, to seem to be
German aussehen, ähneln
- aussehento resemble, to seem to be
- ähnelnto resemble, to seem to be
- scheinento resemble, to seem to be
Greek μοιάζω
- μοιάζω (moiázo)to resemble, to seem to be
Italian somigliare, assomigliare
- somigliareto resemble, to seem to be
- assomigliareto resemble, to seem to be
- rassomigliareto resemble, to seem to be
Japanese らしい, っぽい
- らしい (rashii)to resemble, to seem to be
- っぽい (ppoi)to resemble, to seem to be
Malay sebiji, sebijik
- sebijito resemble, to seem to be
- sebijikto resemble, to seem to be
- serupato resemble, to seem to be
- macamto resemble, to seem to be
- nampakto resemble, to seem to be
- tampakto resemble, to seem to be
Norwegian Bokmål se ut som, ligne
- se ut somto resemble, to seem to be
- ligneto resemble, to seem to be
- ligne påto resemble, to seem to be
- se ut som omto resemble, to seem to be
Persian به ... شباهت داشتن
- به ... شباهت داشتن (be ... šabâhat dâštan)to resemble, to seem to be
Polish wyglądać jak, wyglądać na to, że
- wyglądać jakto resemble, to seem to be
- wyglądać na to, żeto resemble, to seem to be
Portuguese parecer
- parecerto resemble, to seem to be
Romanian semăna
- semănato resemble, to seem to be
Russian напомина́ть, похо́же
- напомина́ть (napominátʹ)to resemble, to seem to be
- похо́же (poxóže)to resemble, to seem to be
- вы́глядеть (výgljadetʹ)to resemble, to seem to be
Spanish parece/luce “(como) que”/“como si”, parecer
- parece/luce “(como) que”/“como si”to resemble, to seem to be
- parecerto resemble, to seem to be
- semejarto resemble, to seem to be
- asemejarto resemble, to seem to be
- tener pinta de (que)to resemble, to seem to be
Swedish likna, se ut
- liknato resemble, to seem to be
- se utto resemble, to seem to be
- verkato resemble, to seem to be
Turkish benzemek, okşamak
- benzemekto resemble, to seem to be
- okşamakto resemble, to seem to be
Ukrainian нага́дувати, вигляда́ти
- нага́дувати (naháduvaty)to resemble, to seem to be
- вигляда́ти (vyhljadáty)to resemble, to seem to be
Vietnamese giống như
- giống nhưto resemble, to seem to be
Cite this entry
look like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20like
“look like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20like. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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