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monklike

monklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a monk.

Adjective

monklike (comparative more monklike, superlative most monklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a monk.
    Synonyms:
    monastic, monkish

Synonyms of monklike

Forms of monklike

comparativemore monklike
superlativemost monklike

Origin of monklike

From monk + -like.

Words formed from monklike

Questions about monklike

What does monklike mean?
Monklike means resembling or characteristic of a monk.
What part of speech is monklike?
Monklike is an adjective.

Words near monklike in the dictionary

  1. Monkland
  2. Monkland and Stretford
  3. monkless
  4. monklet
  5. monklets
  6. monklike
  7. monkly
  8. Monkman
  9. Monkmania
  10. monks
  11. monks cress

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