Synonyms for resemblance
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Noun
1. Similarity — the quality or state of resembling
similarity, similitude, likeness, image, picture, analogy, imitation, affinity, representation, equivalence, approximation, parallel, conformity, sameness, portrait, parity, correspondence, parallelism, semblance dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of resembling.
Forms
- Plural
- resemblances → similarities, similitudes, likenesses, images…
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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
- picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
- similarity The similarity between the two persons is astonishing.
- likeness A painter could not better describe his likeness.
- similitude The similitude of the princess to the former queen was striking.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| resemblance | steady | |
| picture | steady | |
| similarity | steady | |
| likeness | rising | |
| similitude | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- image2
- 6 letters
- parity3
- 7 letters
- picture2, analogy4
- 8 letters
- parallel3, portrait2, affinity4, likeness2, sameness2
- 9 letters
- imitation4, semblance2
- 10 letters
- reflection3, similarity5, conformity4, similitude
- 11 letters
- equivalence4, parallelism5
- 13 letters
- approximation5
- 14 letters
- representation5, correspondence4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (image2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ressemblance