"Metroid-like" meaning in English

See Metroid-like in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Metroid-like [comparative], most Metroid-like [superlative]
Etymology: Metroid + -like Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Metroid|like}} Metroid + -like Head templates: {{en-adj}} Metroid-like (comparative more Metroid-like, superlative most Metroid-like)
  1. (video games) Similar in gameplay or atmosphere to the Metroid series. Wikipedia link: Metroid Categories (topical): Video game genres, Video games Related terms: Metroidvania

Download JSON data for Metroid-like meaning in English (2.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Metroid",
        "3": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "Metroid + -like",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Metroid + -like",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more Metroid-like",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most Metroid-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Metroid-like (comparative more Metroid-like, superlative most Metroid-like)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -like",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video game genres",
          "orig": "en:Video game genres",
          "parents": [
            "Genres",
            "Video games",
            "Entertainment",
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Culture",
            "Recreation",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Society",
            "Human activity",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Similar in gameplay or atmosphere to the Metroid series."
      ],
      "id": "en-Metroid-like-en-adj-sQHj3YM5",
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "gameplay",
          "gameplay"
        ],
        [
          "atmosphere",
          "atmosphere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) Similar in gameplay or atmosphere to the Metroid series."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Metroidvania"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Metroid"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Metroid-like"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Metroid",
        "3": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "Metroid + -like",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Metroid + -like",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more Metroid-like",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most Metroid-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Metroid-like (comparative more Metroid-like, superlative most Metroid-like)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Metroidvania"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms suffixed with -like",
        "en:Video game genres",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Similar in gameplay or atmosphere to the Metroid series."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "gameplay",
          "gameplay"
        ],
        [
          "atmosphere",
          "atmosphere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) Similar in gameplay or atmosphere to the Metroid series."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Metroid"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Metroid-like"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.