Like
Like adjective - Having qualities in common.
Usage example: you're not talking about like things when you compare football and golf
Matching is a synonym for like in similar topic. In some cases you can use "Matching" instead an adjective "Like", when it comes to topics like agreement, alike, interchangeable.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Concentration: Just like the children's card game, matching a pair of prizes or "Take" cards (or matching either with a "Wild" card) allowed the contestant another turn.
Source: Extra Turn -
Add matching clothes, matching rings on their pinky fingers and that they look like theyre on the verge of snogging 90 percent of the time.
Source: Ho Yay / Music - It works like any regular tower defense game, but players only get currency by matching at least 3 runes of the same color in a row similarly to Bejeweled.
Source: Game Breaker / Tower Defense
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Matching and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/matching
Like & Matching. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/matching>.
Matching or Like. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/matching.
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