alike Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having the same or similar characteristics
    similar; like.
    • all politicians are alike
    • they looked utterly alike
    • friends are generally alike in background and taste
  2. adverb equally
    likewise.
    • parents and teachers alike demanded reforms
  3. adverb in a like manner
    • they walk alike

WordNet

A*like" adjective
Etymology
AS. onlic, gelic; pref. a + like.
Definitions
  1. Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [Now used only predicatively.]
    The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12.
A*like" adverb
Etymology
AS. gelice, onlice.
Definitions
  1. In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerne in religion.

Webster 1913