resemble

verb

Definition of resemblenext
as in to feel
to look or be like (someone or something) He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament. Terrier dogs closely resemble each other.

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Recent Examples of resemble In her smartly vulgar The Seasons (1957), which extends nearly 17 feet, Krasner returns to the subject of rebirth one year after Pollock’s death, depicting abundant forms resembling genitalia. — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 About 100 miles east of Springfield in Urbana, Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community resembles the house churches of early Christianity. — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 The usual symptoms resemble the flu with headaches and muscle stiffness. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026 From one of the craggy hills surrounding it, the strip resembles an urban planner’s modest attempt at a park. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resemble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resemble
  1. feel
  2. suggest
  3. recall
  4. approach
  5. seem
  6. appear
  7. look
Verb
  • These sounds are strange bedfellows, but the delirium rarely feels indulgent or trivial.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Kurt's key takeaways What concerns me about this particular scam is how routine the email feels.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of feel
Verb
  • Sanders, one of the left’s leading critics of the AI industry, went a step beyond profit-sharing by suggesting this summer that its companies surrender half of their stock to the government.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Totally suggests the pensive headspace of an adult returning to his childhood haunts trying to make sense of it all.
    — Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of suggest
Verb
  • Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the ⁠Kehlsteinhaus ​was classified after the ​war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone was chatting and enjoying the beautiful weather, Spiro, a 36-year-old rabbi at Hill Havurah congregation in Washington, recalled.
    — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of recall
Verb
  • The result offers researchers a different way to approach quantum material design.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • With Election Day approaching, California voters are facing a crowded ballot and competing claims about what the state's propositions would do.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of approach
Verb
  • What’s more, dopamine pathways that were traditionally thought to govern pleasure and punishment also seem to be highly involved in prediction.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of seem
Verb
  • Shifts among Latino voters, who represent sizable portions of the electorate in both states, and Trump’s sagging approval rating appear to be driving Democrats’ strength in redder areas.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • His death appeared to be the first fatality involving a horse carriage in Central Park since the rides began.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of appear
Verb
  • Generation and storage, grids, and digital infrastructure all depend on capital that can look beyond short-term market conditions.
    — H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • From the street, the small white building looks slightly out of place among the commercial businesses around it.
    — Myla S. Roundy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of look

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“Resemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resemble. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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