likable

/ˈlʌɪkəb(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈlʌɪkəb(ə)l/

likable

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

li - kab - le -> likable

Myanmar meaning

likeable

Full entry

like¹ / laÇk / v

၁။ (က) ကြိုက်သည်။ နှစ်သက်သည်။ ကျေနပ်သည်။ နှစ်ခြိုက်သည်။ သဘောကျသည်။ Do you like fish? ❍ She likes him (ie is fond of him) but doesn’t love him. ❍ I don’t like the way he looks at me. ❍ You’ve got to go to school, whether you like it or not. ❍ She’s never liked swimming. ❍ I didn’t like him/his taking all the credit. (ခ) …လိုသည်။ ကြိုက်သည်။ နှစ်သက်သည်။ On Sundays I like to sleep late. ❍ He likes his guests to be punctual. ❍ I like my coffee strong.
၂။ …လိုသည်။ I didn’t like (ie felt RELUCTANT) to disturb you. ❍ He doesn’t like asking for help.
၃။ …လိုသည်။ …ချင်သည်။ Would you like something to eat? ❍ I’d like to think it over before deciding. ❍ How can they afford it? That’s what I’d like to know. ❍ We would like you to come and visit us. ❍ WANT¹
၄။ ကြိုက်သည်။ How would you like it if such a thing happened to you?
❏ if you like [IDM ]
၁။ (လိုက်လျောကြောင်းပြရန် / သဘောထားမေးရန် ယဉ်ကျေးဖွယ်ရာသုံးသော စကား)။ သဘောပဲ (သို့) ဟုတ်လား။ ‘Shall we stop now?’ ‘If you like. ’ ❍ If you like, we could go out this evening.
၂။ (ပြောရလျှင် ဟူသော သဘောဖြင့် သုံးသောစကား)။ ဆိုပါတော့။ ဆိုပါစို့။ This is a milestone, if you like, in the study of human genes.
❏ l like that! [IDM ] (ironic ) (မဟုတ်မမှန် အပြောခံရ၍ မကျေနပ်သံဖြင့် ငေါ့ပြောသည့်စကား)။ ဟုတ်၊ ဟုတ်သေးတော့။ သဘောကျတယ်ကွာ။ ‘She called you a cheat. ’ ‘Well I like that!’
❏ likeable (also likable ) / 'laÇkǝbl / adj နှစ်လို့ဖွယ်ရာ ကောင်းသော။ ခင်မင်စရာကောင်းသော။ He’s likeable enough, but a bit boring.
❏ like the look/sound of sb/sth [IDM ] ကြိုက်သည် (အကြံပေးသည့်အနေဖြင့်ပြောသည့်စကား)။ I don’t like the sound of that cough — shouldn’t you see the doctor about it? ဒီချောင်းသံ တယ် မကြိုက်ချင်ဘူး၊ ဆရာဝန် သွား မပြဘူးလား။
❏ likes n [pl] အကြိုက်။ He has so many likes and dislikes that it’s impossible to please him.

like² / laÇk / prep

၁။ (က) တူ(သည်)။ ဆင်(သည်)။
She’s wearing a hat like mine. ❍ a house built like an Arab palace ❍ He’s nothing (ie not at all) like his father (ie in character or looks). ❍ That sounds like (ie I think I can hear) the postman. (ခ) (ဘယ်)လို(လဲ)။ What’s it like studying at a Spanish university? ❍ This new girlfriend of his — what’s she like?
၂။ …နေကျ။ It’s just like her to tell everyone about it.
၃။ …လို(ပဲ)။ …နည်းတူ။ You’re behaving like children. ❍ run like the wind (ie very fast) ❍ stories which I, like everybody else, have read in the press ❍ Do it like this. ❍ Don’t look at me like that. ❍ AS
၄။ …လို။ I’m fond of modern playwrights like Pinter and Ayckbourn.
conj (infml )
၁။ …လို။ …နည်းတူ။ No one sings the blues like she did. ❍ It didn’t turn out like I intended.
၂။ (esp US ) … သလို။ …ကျနေတာ (ပဲ)။ She acts like she owns the place.
adj ဆင်သော။ တူသော။ They’re not twins, but they’re very like. ❍ a chance to meet people of like mind ❍ She responded in like manner.
adv (အထူးအဓိပ္ပာယ်မရှိ အပိုထည့်ပြောလေ့ရှိသော စကား)။ လိုလိုပဲ။ အဲလိုပေါ့။ It was sort of creepy, like. ❍ He just, like, refused to talk to me.
n [sing] အလားတူ။ …မျိုး။ jazz, rock and the like (ie similar types of music) ❍ a man whose like we shall not see again ❍ You’re not comparing like with like.
❏ (as) like as not ; like enough ; most/very like [IDM ] (dated ) ဖြစ်ကောင်းဖြစ်နိုင်သော။ It’ll rain this afternoon, as like as not.
❏ like-minded adj စိတ်တူသဘောတူ။ The society offers an ideal opportunity for like-minded people to get together.
❏ the likes of sb/sth [IDM ] (infml ) (တို့၊ သူ) လိုလူ။ He’s a real snob — he’d never speak to the likes of me.
❏ more like (it) [IDM ] (infml ) ဒီလိုမှပေါ့။ The roads are less crowded now — this is more like it!
❏ something like (it) [IDM ] ဒါမျိုးပြောတာပေါ့။ That’s something like it, John.

-like suff

(used widely with ns to form adjs )
…လို။ …ပီပီ။
childlike ❍ ladylike ❍ shell-like ❍ snakelike.

More examples

It was a small animal like a rat.
I think she was like me, she didn’t really want to get involved.
No one could play the trumpet like he did.
[just like] : I went and bought myself a new pen just like yours.
That morning began just like any other.
[very like] : Bruce is very like you in a lot of ways.
[seem/look/sound/smell/taste/feel like] : Doesn’t he look like Mark?
The cloth felt like silk against her skin.
[like new] : Once it’s washed and ironed it’ll be like new.
[anything like] : Was the office where you used to work anything like this one?
[nothing like] : I have to admit India was nothing like what I was expecting.
The news spread like wildfire.
He smokes like a chimney.
She was crying like a baby.
Why don’t you play with the other children, like you used to?
I went to see my mother, like I always do on Tuesdays.
Other people’s children, like other people’s dogs, have never interested me.
It eats small animals like birds and mice.
An intelligent woman like you shouldn’t have been fooled so easily.
[it’s just like someone] : He didn’t show up again. That’s just like him.
[it’s not like someone to do something] : It’s not like him to lie.
He sounded like he’d only just woken up.
Sam played with the children like he was one of them.
It looks like he has his hair trimmed about three times a week.

Synonyms

similar to, akin to, approximating, in the vein of, reminiscent of, resembling, according to, admire, adore, agnate, akin, alike, allied, allying, analogous, appreciate, approaching, approve, approximating to, approximative, ardency, as, be fond of, be gratified by, be keen on, be partial to, be pleased by, be sweet on, bordering on, care for, care to, cherish, choose, close, close to, coextensive, cognate, commensurate, comparable, compatible, conforming, congeneric, congenerous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, counterpart, countertype, delight in, derive pleasure from, desire, devotedness, dig, dote on, double, e.g., elect, enjoy, equal, equaling, equivalent, esteem, exclaim, fancy, feast on, feel disposed, feel inclined, feel like, find appealing, for example, get a kick out of, go for, hanker for, have a preference for, hold dear, homologous, identical, identical to, ilk, in the manner of, in the same way as, incline toward, indulge in, jibing, look alike, lookalike, love, luxuriate in, mad for, match, matching, much the same, name of game, name of tune, nature, nature of beast, near, not far from, not unlike, on the order of, opposite number, parallel, peas in a pod, peer, pendant, please, prefer, prize, rejoice in, related, relating, relish, revel in, same, same difference, savor, select, selfsame, similar, spit and image, stuck on, such, such a one, such a person, such a thing, suchlike, take an interest in, take delight in, take satisfaction in, take to, the like, the same as, twin, two of a kind, undifferentiated, uniform, want, will, wish

Antonyms

abhorrence, acrimony, allergy to, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, astringency, aversion, away, bad feeling, bad opinion, bad will, bile, biliousness, black beast, bone to pick, cat fit, changing, churlishness, cold sweat, contempt, contemptuousness, crankiness, despisal, despise, despisement, detestation, different, disaffection, disapprobation, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dispprobation, dissatisfaction, dissimilar, distaste, divergent, doghouse, downs, dudgeon, dyspathy, enmity, envy, eschewal, far, fear, flare up, fretfulness, grudge, grudgingness, hang up, hangup, hardness of heart, harsh feeling, hate, hatefulness, hatred, hatred; hard feelings, having no use for, hesitance, high dudgeon, hissy fit, horror, hostility, ignore, ill feeling, ill feelings, ill humor, ill temper, ill will, ill-will, illiberality, incensement, inconsistent, infuriation