He bears a strong likeness to my son.
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Likeness
//ˈlaɪknəs//
Synonyms for "likeness" (210 found)
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Strong matches (63)
comparablenesscomparisoncomplementconfigurationconformitycongenatorcongenerconsistencycoordinatecopycopyingcorrelatecorrelativecorrespondencecorrespondentcounterfeitcounterpartcycloramadaubdead ringer
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diptychdoubledrawingdummyduplicateectypeeffecteffigyeidolonengravingequalityequationequilibriumequipoiseequipollenceequiponderanceequityequivalenceequivalencyequivalentevennessexact likenessfacefacetfacsimilefair copyfaithful copyfakefashionfeaturefellowfigureforgeryformfrescogestaltguiseiconidentityidolikonilluminationillustration
Related words (105)
imageimagoimitationimpressionjusticekindred spiritlevelnesslightlikelikeninglineamentsliving imageliving picturelookmannermatchmatemetaphormimickingminiature
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mirroringmodelmontagemosaicmuralnear duplicatenearnessobversepaintingpanoramaparparallelparallelismparitypasticciopastichependantphasephasisphonyphotographpicturepoiseportraitprintproportionreciprocalreferencereflectionregardreplicarepresentationreproductionresemblancerespectrubbingsamenesssculpturesecond selfseemingsemblanceshadowshapeshowsidesimilesimilitudesimulacrumsimulationsisterslantsoul matespitspit and imagespitting imagestained glass windowstatuestatuettestencilstill lifestylesuchsuchlikesymmetrytableautallytapestrythe like ofthe likes oftotal effecttracetracingtriptychtwintwistuniformityunityvery imagevery pictureviewviewpointwall paintingwise
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9 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὁμοιότης noun (appearance or form; guise)
Bulgarian
2 entries- образ noun (appearance or form; guise)
- подобие noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- амал noun (appearance or form; guise)
German
2 entries- Abbild noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
- Gestalt noun (appearance or form; guise)
Irish
2 entries- cosúlacht noun (appearance or form; guise)
- cosúlacht noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
Latin
3 entries- effigiēs noun (appearance or form; guise)
- effigiēs noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
- simulācrum noun (appearance or form; guise)
Middle English
1 entries- symulacre noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
Spanish
1 entries- trasunto noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
Turkish
2 entries- resim noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
- tasvir noun (that which closely resembles; a portrait)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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He was clearly one of us, a human being, and thereby a further proof that all of the human race are made in the image and likeness of God.
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But crafty Cytherea planned meanwhile / new arts, new schemes: that Cupid should conspire, / in likeness of Ascanius, to beguile / the queen with gifts, and kindle fierce desire, / and turn the marrow of her bones to fire.
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