Like
Like verb - To wish to have.
Veto
Veto verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
How words are described
Common collocations
| name | like name | veto name |
| time | like time | veto time |
| characters | like characters | veto characters |
| whatever | like whatever | veto whatever |
Both words in one sentence
- The line "I haven't been fucked like that since grade school" in Fight Club was a replacement, after the original line was considered too crass by Fox executives, and the writer got them to agree that ANYTHING else was better and they would not veto the line a second time.
Source: Executive Veto -
They agree beforehand that if the other person doesn't like the name, for whatever reason, they can "veto" the name.
Source: Embarrassing First Name - In fact the Polish Sejm their origial parliament allowed a right of veto for any of its members, which included potentially all nobles of the Kingdom, so if any of them didn't like the proposed decision, he could easily block it.
Cite this Source
Veto and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/veto
Like & Veto. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/veto>.
Veto or Like. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/veto.
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