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moonlike

moonlike adjective: resembling the Moon, or a moon.

Adjective

moonlike (comparative more moonlike, superlative most moonlike)

  1. Resembling the Moon, or a moon
    • Think of the moonlike images that Lindy Roy designed for the entrance to the Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House[…].2007 February 25, Alice Rawsthorn, “Ulterior Motifs”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    Moon-like

Synonyms of moonlike

  • Moon-like

Forms of moonlike

comparativemore moonlike
superlativemost moonlike
alternative formmoon-like

Origin of moonlike

From moon + -like. Compare Middle English mone-lich, Old English mōnelīċ (“lunar”).

Questions about moonlike

What does moonlike mean?
Moonlike means resembling the Moon, or a moon.
What part of speech is moonlike?
Moonlike is an adjective.

Words near moonlike in the dictionary

  1. moonlighters
  2. moonlighting
  3. moonlightings
  4. moonlights
  5. moonlighty
  6. moonlike
  7. moonling
  8. moonlings
  9. moonlit
  10. moonlitten
  11. moonly

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