'Likeness' definitions:
Definition of 'likeness'
From: WordNet
noun
Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: likeness, alikeness, similitude] [ant: dissimilitude, unlikeness]
noun
Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: likeness, semblance]
Definition of 'Likeness'
From: GCIDE
- Likeness \Like"ness\, n. [AS. gel[imac]cnes.]
- 1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Appearance or form; guise. [1913 Webster]
- An enemy in the likeness of a friend. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. [1913 Webster]
- [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
- Syn: Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy. [1913 Webster] Likerous
Synonyms of 'likeness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- abstraction,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- ally,
- altarpiece,
- alter ego,
- analogon,
- analogousness,
- analogue,
- analogy,
- angle,
- aping,
- appearance,
- approach,
- approximation,
- aspect,
- assimilation,
- associate,
- balance,
- block print,
- brother,
- certified copy,
- close copy,
- close match,
- closeness,
- coequality,
- coextension,
- cognate,
- collage,
- color print,
- community,
- companion,
- comparability,
- comparableness,
- comparison,
- complement,
- configuration,
- conformity,
- congenator,
- congener,
- coordinate,
- copy,
- copying,
- correlate,
- correlative,
- correspondence,
- correspondent,
- counterfeit,
- counterpart,
- cyclorama,
- daub,
- dead ringer,
- diptych,
- double,
- drawing,
- duplicate,
- ectype,
- effect,
- effigy,
- eidolon,
- engraving,
- equality,
- equation,
- equilibrium,
- equipoise,
- equipollence,
- equiponderance,
- equity,
- equivalence,
- equivalency,
- equivalent,
- evenness,
- exact likeness,
- face,
- facet,
- facsimile,
- fair copy,
- faithful copy,
- fake,
- fashion,
- feature,
- fellow,
- figure,
- forgery,
- form,
- fresco,
- gestalt,
- guise,
- icon,
- identity,
- idol,
- ikon,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- image,
- imago,
- imitation,
- impression,
- justice,
- kindred spirit,
- levelness,
- light,
- like,
- likening,
- lineaments,
- living image,
- living picture,
- look,
- manner,
- match,
- mate,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- montage,
- mosaic,
- mural,
- near duplicate,
- nearness,
- obverse,
- painting,
- panorama,
- par,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- pendant,
- phase,
- phasis,
- phony,
- photograph,
- picture,
- poise,
- portrait,
- print,
- proportion,
- reciprocal,
- reference,
- reflection,
- regard,
- replica,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- resemblance,
- respect,
- rubbing,
- sameness,
- sculpture,
- second self,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- shape,
- side,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- sister,
- slant,
- soul mate,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- stained glass window,
- statue,
- statuette,
- stencil,
- still life,
- style,
- such,
- suchlike,
- symmetry,
- tableau,
- tally,
- tapestry,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- total effect,
- trace,
- tracing,
- triptych,
- twin,
- twist,
- uniformity,
- very image,
- very picture,
- view,
- viewpoint,
- wall painting,
- wise
Words containing 'Likeness'
- Had like,
- Like,
- Liked,
- Likely,
- Liking,
- On liking,
- Such like,
- To like of,
- likely to,
- the like,
- the likes of,
- Janus like,
- Like blazes,
- Like figures,
- Like mad,
- act like,
- feel like,
- goddess like,
- like a Trojan,
- like a shot,
- like a trooper,
- like an expert,
- like clockwork,
- like crazy,
- like fun,
- like hell,
- like kings,
- like minded,
- like royalty,
- like sin,
- like the devil,
- like thunder,
- look like,
- sound like,
- very much like,
- Like-minded,
- Snail-like,
- Thrall-like,
- Well-liking,
- Wise-like,
- antler-like,
- baby-like,
- belt-like,
- candy-like,
- cell-like,
- chisel-like,
- city-like,
- comb-like,
- comet-like,
- custard-like,
- dagger-like,
- drill-like,
- drop like flies,
- drum-like,
- ear-like,
- fall like dominoes,
- fang-like,
- feel like a million,
- file-like,
- flipper-like,
- fork-like,
- gauze-like,
- glass-like,
- gum-like,
- lash-like,
- leaf-like,
- like blue murder,
- lung-like,
- lymphoblast-like,
- machine-like,
- maple-like,
- olive-like,
- pancake-like,
- petal-like,
- plush-like,
- rudder-like,
- saw-like,
- souffle-like,
- spade-like,
- to rise like a phoenix,
- trumpet-like,
- umbel-like,
- wafer-like,
- well-liked,
- wheel-like,
- yokel-like,
- bell-like call,
- feel like a million dollars,
- tea-like drink