'Resemblance' definitions:
Definition of 'resemblance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
Definition of 'Resemblance'
From: GCIDE
- Resemblance \Re*sem"blance\ (-blans), n. [Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]
- 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. [1913 Webster]
- One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. [1913 Webster]
- These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resemblance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- affinity,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assimilation,
- certified copy,
- closeness,
- coincidence,
- community,
- companion,
- comparability,
- comparableness,
- comparison,
- conformity,
- congruity,
- copy,
- copying,
- correspondence,
- counterfeit,
- dead ringer,
- double,
- duplicate,
- ectype,
- effigy,
- equivalence,
- exact likeness,
- fair copy,
- faithful copy,
- fake,
- fellow,
- forgery,
- icon,
- identity,
- idol,
- image,
- imitation,
- likeness,
- likening,
- living image,
- living picture,
- match,
- mate,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- nearness,
- parallel,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- phony,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- reflection,
- representation,
- rubbing,
- sameness,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- trace,
- tracing,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture