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resemblance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of resemblance

1 a point which two or more things share in common

I see a family resemblance between you and your brother

Synonyms of resemblance

common denominator, commonality, congruity, correspondence, parallel, similarity, similitude

Words Related to resemblance

counterpart, equal, equivalent

Near Antonyms of resemblance

difference, discrepancy

deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity

change, modification, variation

Antonyms of resemblance

2 the quality or state of having many qualities in common

the look of the directorʼs latest film bears a strong resemblance to the look of his last film

Synonyms of resemblance

alikeness, community, comparability, correspondence, likeness, parallelism, similarity, similitude

Words Related to resemblance

affinity, analogousness

equation, equivalence, equivalency, par, parity

identicalness, identity, sameness

correlation, relationship

exchangeability, interchangeability

accordance, agreement, compatibility, conformity, congruity

Near Antonyms of resemblance

conflict, polarity

incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity

differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability

anomalousness, dichotomy

disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence

Antonyms of resemblance

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

Synonym Discussion of resemblance

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

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