Case and Like

Case

Case noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

Like and case are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a noun "Case".

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Like

Like noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

Case and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

How words are described

old old case old like
good good case good like
rare rare case rare like
special special case special like
Other adjectives: similar, complete, simple, small, actual, entire, real, big, serious, bad, criminal, new, missing, minor, odd, different.

Common collocations

life case life like life
people case people like people
style case style like style
name case name like name
Other words: someone, sort, show, time, way, version, war, girls.

Both words in one sentence

  • Shakespeare pulls a variation in King Lear, except in that case, the youngest simply refused to provide a flowery metaphor, instead stating simply that her love for her father was Shaped Like Itself.
  • Shonen Hair Captain Kenpachi Zaraki of Squad 11 in a rare case actually styles his hair like that instead of the usual case of it just being so.
    Source: Shonen Hair
  • Gender Bender Shirou and Shiho in My Monster Secret are a case of Split Personality gender bending, much like Ren and Run from To Love-ru (and like in TLR, they're the childhood friends of the female MC).
    Source: Gender Bender
Cite this Source
Like and Case. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/like
Case & Like. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/like>.
Like or Case. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/case/like.
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