Like and Understanding

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Like adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Understanding and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead the word "Like" as an adjective or a noun.

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

Understanding adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.

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Like and understanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead the word "Understanding" as an adjective or a noun.

human	human like	human understanding
good	good like	good understanding
high	high like	high understanding
nice	nice like	nice understanding
Other adjectives: normal, complete, certain, actual, entire, real, little, new, less, different, scientific, cultural, modern, magical.

Cy (a Cylon Starbuck repaired so he wouldn't be lonely while stranded on an alien planet) has a hard time understanding human concepts like "love" and "friendship".

Source: What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?
In the Russian dub of Hotel Transylvania, instead of sounding... well, like Fran Drescher, Frankie's wife Eunice will occasionally lapse into Ukrainian, resulting in no one understanding her.

Source: Accent Adaptation
Literal-Minded: Sort of like a Changeling version of Drax, Idol tends to have trouble understanding metaphors and figures of speech.

Source: Fan Fic / The Changeling of the Guard

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