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as in pictures
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing
the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness
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as in images
something or someone that strongly resembles another
why, you're the very likeness of your mother!
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Recent Examples of likenesses
In Tennessee, legislators passed and signed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security Act of 2024 (ELVIS Act), which protects people’s likenesses from unauthorized use, particularly for commercial purposes.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, YouTube’s tool detecting unauthorized uses of creators’ likenesses is now in an open beta to members of YouTube Partner Program.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Persona vectors are thought to be relatively universal in the sense that major LLMs seem to employ the same or similar capacity, likely due to the overall likenesses in architecture and design.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This includes shooting some sequences with live actors, with plans to use face and pose transfer techniques with AI tools to preserve the likenesses of the original actors in the movie.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The actors appear to have been chosen based on their likenesses alone.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The controversy highlights the growing tension over AI misuse and the need for stronger protections around celebrity likenesses.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Others nicknamed him ‘Henry’ because of the likenesses between his game and that of World Cup winner Thierry Henry.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
First, our attorneys advised us against playing it because its use of likenesses of Michael Jackson and Spuds MacKenzie could leave us open to trademark infringement charges.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, YouTube’s tool detecting unauthorized uses of creators’ likenesses is now in an open beta to members of YouTube Partner Program.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Persona vectors are thought to be relatively universal in the sense that major LLMs seem to employ the same or similar capacity, likely due to the overall likenesses in architecture and design.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This includes shooting some sequences with live actors, with plans to use face and pose transfer techniques with AI tools to preserve the likenesses of the original actors in the movie.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
The actors appear to have been chosen based on their likenesses alone.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The controversy highlights the growing tension over AI misuse and the need for stronger protections around celebrity likenesses.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
Others nicknamed him ‘Henry’ because of the likenesses between his game and that of World Cup winner Thierry Henry.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
First, our attorneys advised us against playing it because its use of likenesses of Michael Jackson and Spuds MacKenzie could leave us open to trademark infringement charges.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for likenesses
Noun
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Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Spontaneity became part of the process, and working with kids or younger participants often led to the most joyful, unexpected images.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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The muscular American actor appears topless and drenched in sweat in the French fashion house’s latest images featuring the Nike x Jacquemus Moon Shoe, unveiled on Wednesday.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Released on September 2 through Little Bee Books/Simon & Schuster in partnership with the Sam Cooke Estate and ABKCO Music & Records, A Change Is Gonna Come pairs the legendary lyrics with sweeping illustrations from acclaimed artist Nikkolas Smith.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Aniston released her debut children’s book, Clydeo Takes a Bite Out of Life, with illustrations by Bruno Jacob, in October 2024 as the first in a four-book deal between the actress, HarperCollins and Invisible Universe.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The new tissues scored higher on tactile feedback and cutting response than conventional replicas.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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And walking back onto those exact replicas of our sets was like a time tunnel.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Projecting his short film and those character portraits was such an interesting concept to start.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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All in all, Pantzer's keen eye and relationships netted him 38 of the artist's watercolors, 3,000 engravings and seven life portraits, according to Newfields' collection overview.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The reality of the twins’ situation overtook her life in every way, Alisha describes.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The film also starred Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker and Armie Hammer as the Winklevoss twins.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carpentier added spectacular lore to prior depictions of the king to explain why most of Christophe’s men turned against him in the end.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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It’s marked by idealized depictions of rural life and landscapes, presenting a simpler and more innocent way of living, often imagined for the benefit of urban audiences.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Sep. 2025
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The new policies also include more explicit bans on unauthorized AI voice clones and deepfakes.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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Then, like a rhizomatous plant, its tentacles have spread, producing clones around the world.—
Dennis Hinkamp,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Likenesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likenesses. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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