likeness

like·ness

noun \ˈlīk-nəs\

Definition of LIKENESS

1

: copy, portrait

2

: appearance, semblance

3

: the quality or state of being like : resemblance

Examples of LIKENESS

1. a stamp bearing the likeness of a president
2. There's some likeness between them.
3. There's an uncanny likeness between them.

First Known Use of LIKENESS

before 12th century

Related to LIKENESS

Synonyms: icon (also ikon), illustration, image, picture

Antonyms: difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinctiveness, distinctness, unlikeness

Related Words: delineation, depiction, representation, resemblance, view; portrait; daub, drawing, finger painting; etching, silhouette, sketch, watercolor; caricature, cartoon, doodle; collage, montage, photograph; hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, ideogram, ideograph; pictograph; diagram

Near Antonyms: antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse

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Synonym Discussion of LIKENESS

likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy mean agreement or correspondence in details. likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike <a remarkable likeness to his late father> <some similarity between the two cases>. resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities <statements that bear little resemblance to the truth>. similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions <two schools of social thought showing points of similitude>. analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities <pointed out analogies to past wars>.