Dictionary Definition
resemblance n : similarity in appearance or
external or superficial details
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
- That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
- A comparison; a simile.
- Probability; verisimilitude.
Synonyms
Translations
state of resembling
- Danish: lighed
- Finnish: samankaltaisuus, yhdennäköisyys
- French: ressemblance
- Finnish: samankaltaisuus, yhtäläisyys, samanlaisuus
that which resembles
- Danish: lighed
- French: ressemblance
comparison
- Danish: sammenligning
- French: comparaison
probability
- Danish: sandsynlighed
- French: probabilité
Extensive Definition
Resemblance may refer to:
- Resemblance: as in "you have a resemblance to your brother" (In the case of twins) see analogy and similarity
- Resemblance nominalism
- Ludwig Wittgenstein's family resemblances
- In text mining, the degree to which two documents resemble each other, calculated using shingles
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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