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The synonyms of “Resemblance” are: similarity, likeness, alikeness, similitude
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “resemblance” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
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