Like and Nearing

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Like adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Nearing and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nearing" instead an adjective "Like".

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

Nearing adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.

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Like and nearing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead an adjective "Nearing".

Rachel Alinsky, DeVries Agency's scientific genius, looks like a grad student despite nearing her forties.

Source: Tabletop Game / Aberrant
Even so, the crew, captain included, is nearing starvation, and the flagship has been shredded up by cuts and slashes, like someone attacked it.

Source: Foreshadowing / Anime and Manga
I'm laughing like a fat man who is nearing the final steps of his lifelong journey to power.

Source: Dissimile

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