Definition of ILK

ilk

Meanings

Plural: ilks

Noun

  • a kind of person
    • "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"
  • A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

Adj

  • Very; same.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ilke, from Old English ilca, conjectured as from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līką (“body”).
The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase of that ilk to families: the word thus came to mean family.

Synonyms

hue, kind, like, likes, sort, type

Scrabble Score: 7

ilk is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ilk is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ilk is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

ilk is a valid Words With Friends word