ilk

ilk
    n 1: a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't
         tolerate people of his ilk" [syn: {like}, {ilk}]
    

Ilk \Ilk\ ([i^]lk), n.
   Kind; class; sort; type; as, him and his ilk; -- sometimes
   used to indicate disapproval when applied to people.
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Ilk \Ilk\, a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf.
   {Each}.]
   Same; each; every. [Archaic] --Spenser.
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   {Of that ilk},
   (a) denoting that a person's surname and the title of his
       estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant
       of Grant. [Scottish] --Jamieson.
   (a) Of the same kind.
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "ilk":
      blood, body-build, brand, breed, cast, character, characteristic,
      characteristics, clan, color, complexion, composition,
      constituents, constitution, crasis, denomination, description,
      designation, dharma, diathesis, disposition, ethos, feather, fiber,
      form, frame, genius, genre, genus, grain, habit, hue, humor,
      humors, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, makeup, manner,
      mark, mold, nature, number, persuasion, phylum, physique, property,
      quality, race, shape, somatotype, sort, species, spirit, stamp,
      strain, streak, stripe, style, suchness, system, temper,
      temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, tone,
      tribe, type, variety, vein, way