Entry Word: likeness

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing <the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness> — see picture 1
2 something or someone that strongly resembles another <why, youʼre the very likeness of your mother!> — see image 1
3 the quality or state of having many qualities in common <the forgery was difficult to detect due to the pinpoint likeness it bore to the original> — see similarity 1