Approve
Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Like is a synonym for approve in agree with topic. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a verb "Approve", when it comes to topics like agree something is good.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dilbert: We can either wait three months for the software committee to approve our plan or we can soar like eagles, and act without approval, saving millions of dollars!
Source: Sidetracked by the Analogy - Instead, he would attempt to do it through the law by becoming Chancellor or getting the council to approve of his plan and he wanted to do it by making it look like an accident.
Source: Everyone Has Standards -
In Jane Austen's Love and Freindship, Sophia and Laura's concern extends solely to those they approve of — those, in fact, who act like characters in a novel.
Source: Moral Myopia
Cite this Source
Like and Approve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/like
Approve & Like. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/like>.
Like or Approve. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/like.
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