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- DictionaryLike·ness/ˈlīknəs/
noun
- 1. the fact or quality of being alike; resemblance: "her likeness to him was astonishing"
noun. a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill. the state or fact of being like: I can't get over your likeness to my friend. Synonyms: similitude, resemblance. the semblance or appearance of something; guise: to assume the likeness of a swan. Synonyms: form, shape.
Definition of likeness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A likeness is a portrait, or a head-turning resemblance. George Washington’s likeness appears on the dollar bill. A potato might bear an uncanny likeness to my grandfather. Likeness has nothing to do with liking someone or something––it’s all about what something looks like.
3 days ago · 1. singular noun. If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other. These myths have a startling likeness to one another. [ + to] There might be a likeness between their features, but their eyes were totally dissimilar. [+ between]
6 days ago · 1. singular noun. If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other. These myths have a startling likeness to one another. Synonyms: resemblance, similarity, correspondence, affinity More Synonyms of likeness. 2. countable noun. A likeness of someone is a picture or sculpture of them.
1. The state, quality, or fact of being like; resemblance. 2. A similar appearance; a semblance. 3. A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image. American Heritage. That which closely resembles; a portrait. How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Wiktionary. Synonyms: semblance. similitude. alikeness. guise. facsimile. equivalence. portrait. image.
