mouselike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.

“Near-synonym: mousy”

Similar
micelikemousymouseymouse-coloredchromatic
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English mouse →
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Meanings

adjectivemouselike (comparative more mouselike, superlative most mouselike)

comparative more mouselike · superlative most mouselike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.

    Near-synonym: mousy

    Synonyms: micelike, mousy

adverbmouselike (comparative more mouselike, superlative most mouselike)

comparative more mouselike · superlative most mouselike

  1. postpositionalIn a mouselike way.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.

Similar
micelikemousy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse

Similar
mousymouseymouse-coloredchromatic
Also see
micelikemouse-coloredmousymuscine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishmouse
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmouselike

From mouse + -like.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“mouselike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouselike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouselike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouselike.

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