Resemblance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resemblance \Re*sem"blance\ (-blans), n. [Cf. F. ressemblance.
     See {Resemble}.]
     1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude;
        similarity.
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              One main end of poetry and painting is to please;
              they bear a great resemblance to each other.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a
        likeness.
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              These sensible things, which religion hath allowed,
              are resemblances formed according to things
              spiritual.                            --Hooker.
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     3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Syn: Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance;
          representation; image.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  resemblance
       n : similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "resemblance":
     accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, alliance,
     analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assimilation,
     certified copy, closeness, coincidence, community, companion,
     comparability, comparableness, comparison, conformity, congruity,
     copy, copying, correspondence, counterfeit, dead ringer, double,
     duplicate, ectype, effigy, equivalence, exact likeness, fair copy,
     faithful copy, fake, fellow, forgery, icon, identity, idol, image,
     imitation, likeness, likening, living image, living picture, match,
     mate, metaphor, mimicking, miniature, mirroring, model, nearness,
     parallel, parallelism, parity, pasticcio, pastiche, phony,
     photograph, picture, portrait, reflection, representation, rubbing,
     sameness, semblance, shadow, similarity, simile, similitude,
     simulacrum, simulation, spit and image, spitting image, trace,
     tracing, twin, very image, very picture