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resemblance
[ ri-zem-bluhns ]
noun
- the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
Antonyms: difference
- a degree, kind, or point of likeness.
Synonyms: similitude, analogy
- a likeness, appearance, or semblance of something.
Synonyms: image
resemblance
/ rɪˈzɛmbləns /
noun
- the state or quality of resembling; likeness or similarity in nature, appearance, etc
- the degree or extent to which or the respect in which a likeness exists
- something resembling something else; semblance; likeness
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Derived Forms
- reˈsemblant, adjective
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Other Words From
- nonre·semblance noun
- prere·semblance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of resemblance1
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Example Sentences
He does not admit it, but Miyazaki likely sees the resemblance between himself and Horikoshi as well.
The eventual deal, approved by Law 840 in June 2013, bore little resemblance to the original.
In 2010, Jake Holmes sued over “Dazed and Confused,” claiming it bore a strong resemblance to his own song of the same name.
Rachel starts dating a guy named Russ, and would you believe that he bears a striking resemblance to Ross?
The second portrait, examined by the Mona Lisa Foundation, bears a striking resemblance to the famous portrait.
The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a man.
Eve, too, lovely as she is, seems to bear no likelihood of resemblance to Milton's superb mother of mankind.
We revelled in its resemblance, or its fancied resemblance to the famous old hostelry kept by old John Willet.
It is interesting to notice a resemblance between this huge bird and our English wild duck or plover.
She was fair as a lily, with bright golden hair, and bore no resemblance to this dark-eyed, black-browed wench.
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