more like

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see more, like.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see more, like.
  2. UKUsed to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent.

    Syllabics? Silly bollocks, more like.

    2005, Stephen Fry, The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
    3 more examples

    "Load of old rubbish, more like. Just a daft story from a time when folk didn't know any better."

    2002, Mark Morris, The Lonely Places

    "Gloriously unpredictable?" Fucking rubbish, more like.

    2005, Mark Worrall, Over Land and Sea

    Nothing to do with his physical prowess. Bullshit and crap more like — very funny though.

    2007, Dave Cox, Gone for a Burton
  3. Used to introduce a pun or joke about some name.

    More like the Academy Awk-wards, am I right?

    2023 March 10, Lester Fabian Brathwaite, “The Oscars' biggest controversies, scandals, and WTF moments”, in Entertainment Weekly, retrieved 23 Mar 2023
    1 more example

    'Notion Club! More like the Commotion Club! Is there any news of the Commoters?'

    1992, J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien, Sauron Defeated, →ISBN, page 254

Translations

German wohl eher, eher gesagt
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Polish prędzej, raczej
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Romanian mai degrabă
  • mai degrabăTranslations
Spanish más bien, más como
  • más bienTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA

more like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/more%20like

MLA

“more like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/more%20like. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “more like,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/more%20like.

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