resemblance
- noun
- /rɪˈzɛmbləns/
- "You don't share a brother-sister resemblance," said the woman with the long, straight hair.
- bear a resemblance
- striking resemblance
- little resemblance
Even in animals there's a certain resemblance to speech, right?
- Even in animals there's a certain resemblance to speech, right?
- I really see the resemblance to Kim Kardashian.
- So that valuation in the billions had no resemblance to reality.
- Did it bear resemblance to those experiences?
- In reality, Wah advanced economic policies that bore little resemblance to Mao's agenda.
- The human mind works differently, but there is a structural resemblance here.
- That is old Ugly Dave, that that I can see the resemblance there.
- Well, how do you decide which are the important resemblances?
Examples
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This fella here bears a striking resemblance to you.
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The black painting here bears a strong resemblance to the portrait.
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Did it bear resemblance to those experiences?
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Yes, I can see the resemblance.
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I mean, the resemblance is not particularly striking.
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They bear a great resemblance to each other.
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But the resemblance is uncanny.
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The resemblance to Henry is unmistakable.
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What's the matter, you don't see the resemblance?
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I can see a strong resemblance between the two paintings, especially in their use of color.
Synonyms
A likeness between things that makes them seem related
How much two people or things look the same
A quality that people or things share
A close match that shows two things are similar
A likeness in how two things look or behave
The fact of being similar in how something looks or behaves
People or things that seem very similar to each other
Antonyms
Compounds
How Similar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resemblance comes from the parts re- and semblance, where semblance means 'appearance' or 'to seem'. So a resemblance is when one thing 'looks like' another or has a similar appearance.