RESEMBLANCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RESEMBLANCE?

Need another word that means the same as “resemblance”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “resemblance” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Resemblance” are: similarity, likeness, alikeness, similitude

Resemblance as a Noun

Definitions of "Resemblance" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “resemblance” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The state of resembling or being alike.
• Similarity in appearance or external or superficial details.
• A way in which two or more things are alike.

Synonyms of "Resemblance" as a noun (4 Words)

alikeness	The quality or fact of being alike; resemblance, similarity.
likeness	Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. A family likeness can be seen in all the boys.
similarity	A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit. The similarity of symptoms makes them hard to diagnose.
similitude	A comparison between two things. There is a striking similitude between the brother and sister.

Usage Examples of "Resemblance" as a noun

• There was a close resemblance between herself and Anne.
• They bear some resemblance to Italian figurines.
• The physical resemblances between humans and apes.

Associations of "Resemblance" (30 Words)

akin	Related by blood. Something akin to gratitude overwhelmed her.
alike	(of two or more people or things) similar to each other. They dressed alike in black trousers and jackets.
analogous	(of organs) performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds. Salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar.
analogy	The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate. The syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia.
as	A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar. Go as fast as you can.
assonance	Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants (e.g. sonnet, porridge), but also from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled. Alliterative assonances such as fail and fall are very common in Old English poetry.
comparable	Able to be likened to another; similar. Nobody is comparable with this athlete.
compare	Draw an analogy between one thing and (another) for the purposes of explanation or clarification. This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes.
comparison	The act of examining resemblances. Perhaps the best comparison is that of seasickness.
conformable	In keeping. Plans conformable with your wishes.
equal	A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. All men are equal before the law.
equate	Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching. That sum equates to half a million pounds today.
equivalent	Belonging to the same equivalence class. Some regulations are equivalent to censorship.
figurative	(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech. The figurative art of the humanistic tradition.
homogeneous	Containing terms all of the same degree. A close knit homogeneous group.
identical	Being the exact same one; not any other. Four girls in identical green outfits.
like	(of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing. Members of the cat family have like dispositions.
liken	Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. Racism is likened to a contagious disease.
likeness	Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. Man created God in his own likeness.
parallelism	The state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way. Parallelism suggests a connection of meaning through an echo of form.
quasi	Having some resemblance. A quasi success.
remarkably	Used to express surprise at an event or situation. You have performed remarkably.
resemble	Have a similar appearance to or qualities in common with (someone or something); look or seem like. They resembled each other closely.
same	Similarly in the same way. Animals of the same species.
semblance	Resemblance similarity. It bears some semblance to the thing I have in mind.
similar	Resembling or similar having the same or some of the same characteristics often used in combination. The principle of treatment by similars.
similarity	The state or fact of being similar. The similarity of symptoms makes them hard to diagnose.
similitude	A person or thing resembling someone or something else. Conrad uses a range of constructions which express or imply similitude.
symmetrical	Having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. The shape of a hill smooth and symmetrical.
twin	Grow as twins. There was a bruise on his cheek a twin to the one on mine.