Synonyms for likeness
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Noun
1. Similitude — the state or quality of being like or alike
similitude, image, similarity, resemblance, representation, picture, appearance, statue, copy, imitation, portrait, facsimile, form, forme US, figure, effigy, duplicate, analogy, counterpart, conformity, correspondence, equality, approximation
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being like or alike.
I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.
Related words
- Word family
- like
Forms
- Plural
- likenesses → similitudes, images, similarities, resemblances…
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Analogy is specifically a resemblance of relations; a resemblance that may be reasoned from, so that from the likeness in certain respects we may infer that other and perhaps deeper relations exist.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- image We need to present a good image of Algeria abroad.
- resemblance The child bears a closer resemblance to his mother.
- similarity The similarity between the two persons is astonishing.
- similitude The similitude of the princess to the former queen was striking.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| likeness | rising | |
| image | rising | |
| resemblance | steady | |
| similarity | steady | |
| similitude | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- form1, copy2
- 5 letters
- image2, guise1, forme
- 6 letters
- figure2, manner2, statue2, effigy3
- 7 letters
- picture2, analogy4
- 8 letters
- equality4, portrait2
- 9 letters
- duplicate3, imitation4, semblance2, facsimile4
- 10 letters
- appearance3, similarity5, conformity4, similitude
- 11 letters
- counterpart3, resemblance3
- 13 letters
- approximation5
- 14 letters
- representation5, correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copy2 = 2 syllables).