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piratelike

piratelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pirate.

Adjective

piratelike (comparative more piratelike, superlative most piratelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pirate.
    • He had a piratelike gold tooth in the deepness of his mouth, which Jason once glimpsed in the cafeteria line when the guy tossed his head back and laughed.2001, José Skinner, Flight and other stories
    Synonyms:
    piratey

Synonyms of piratelike

Forms of piratelike

comparativemore piratelike
superlativemost piratelike

Origin of piratelike

From pirate + -like.

Questions about piratelike

What does piratelike mean?
Piratelike means resembling or characteristic of a pirate.
What part of speech is piratelike?
Piratelike is an adjective.

Words near piratelike in the dictionary

  1. pirate shirts
  2. pirate spider
  3. pirate spiders
  4. piratebush
  5. pirated
  6. piratelike
  7. pirately
  8. pirater
  9. piraters
  10. piratery
  11. pirates

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