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readalike

readalike noun: a book or other literary work that resembles another work in terms of genre, writing style, intended audience, etc.

Noun

readalike (plural readalikes)

  1. A book or other literary work that resembles another work in terms of genre, writing style, intended audience, etc.

Forms of readalike

pluralreadalikes
alternative formread-alike

Origin of readalike

From read + alike, modelled after lookalike and soundalike.

Questions about readalike

What does readalike mean?
Readalike means a book or other literary work that resembles another work in terms of genre, writing style, intended audience, etc.
What part of speech is readalike?
Readalike is a noun.
What is the plural of readalike?
The plural of readalike is readalikes.

Words near readalike in the dictionary

  1. readably
  2. readahead
  3. readaheads
  4. readaholic
  5. readaholics
  6. readalike
  7. readalikes
  8. readapt
  9. readaptability
  10. readaptable
  11. readaptation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: readalike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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