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resemblance

[ ri-zem-bluhns ]

noun

  1. the state or fact of resembling; similarity.

    Antonyms: difference

  2. a degree, kind, or point of likeness.

    Synonyms: similitude, analogy

  3. a likeness, appearance, or semblance of something.

    Synonyms: image



resemblance

/ rɪˈzɛmbləns /

noun

  1. the state or quality of resembling; likeness or similarity in nature, appearance, etc
  2. the degree or extent to which or the respect in which a likeness exists
  3. something resembling something else; semblance; likeness


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Derived Forms

  • reˈsemblant, adjective

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Other Words From

  • nonre·semblance noun
  • prere·semblance noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resemblance1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, equivalent to resembl(er) “to resemble” resemble + -ance -ance

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Synonym Study

Resemblance, similarity imply that there is a likeness between two or more people or things. Resemblance indicates primarily a likeness in appearance, either a striking one or one which merely serves as a reminder to the beholder: The boy has a strong resemblance to his father. Similarity may imply a surface likeness, but usually suggests also a likeness in other characteristics: There is a similarity in their tastes and behavior.

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Example Sentences

Newman again starred in the film, which this time bore only the faintest resemblance to the novel.

McConnell’s relationship to the extremists in his party bears a striking resemblance to Douglas’s.

Today’s food system bears little resemblance to the one of just a couple of generations ago.

They finished with one completion and two interceptions in a game that bore scant resemblance to NFL football.

The team they will put on the field Thursday night will bear little resemblance to the one that beat the Packers in January.

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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