'Resemble' definitions:
Definition of 'resemble'
From: WordNet
verb
Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
Definition of 'Resemble'
From: GCIDE
- Resemble \Re*sem"ble\ (r?-z?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).] [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]
- 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. [1913 Webster]
- We will resemble you in that. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] --H. Bushnell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'resemble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admit of comparison,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approximate,
- be,
- be commensurable,
- be comparable,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- bring to mind,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- come close,
- come near,
- come up to,
- compare,
- compare to,
- compare with,
- copy,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- counterfeit,
- evoke,
- favor,
- feature,
- follow,
- imitate,
- look like,
- match,
- match up with,
- measure up to,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not compare with,
- not tell apart,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- remind one of,
- rival,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- simulate,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- suggest,
- take after,
- vie,
- vie with