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cavelike

cavelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cave.

Adjective

cavelike (comparative more cavelike, superlative most cavelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cave
    • My son and I got to escape our cavelike apartment.2007 March 25, Sarah Shey, “Her Ride to Nowhere”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    cavernous

Synonyms of cavelike

Forms of cavelike

comparativemore cavelike
superlativemost cavelike

Origin of cavelike

From cave + -like.

Questions about cavelike

What does cavelike mean?
Cavelike means resembling or characteristic of a cave.
What part of speech is cavelike?
Cavelike is an adjective.

Words near cavelike in the dictionary

  1. cavegirls
  2. cavel
  3. caveless
  4. cavelet
  5. cavelets
  6. cavelike
  7. Cavell
  8. Cavellian
  9. caveloin
  10. cavels
  11. caveman

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