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Antonyms for resemblance
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-zem-bluhns |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɛm bləns |
Definition of resemblance
Origin :- late 14c., from Anglo-French resemblance (c.1300), from Old French resembler (see resemble) + -ance.
- noun correspondence, similarity
- There was, indeed, a resemblance in their size and persons, which favoured the delusion.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- He was studying the resemblance between Arabic and English words.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- There were many points of resemblance between Altamont and Hatteras, but no affinities.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- This resemblance was furthered by the fact that the man's profile was birdlike.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- It is in the union of these two perceptions that his resemblance to Michael Angelo lies.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- The resemblance to Maurice was startling, but it was nearly always fleeting.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Of course it was only a resemblance—but what was he waiting there for?
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- Innateness: no resemblance to her mother or forerunners on the maternal side.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
Synonyms for resemblance
- affinity
- alikeness
- analogy
- birds of a feather
- carbon
- carbon copy
- clone
- closeness
- coincidence
- comparability
- comparison
- conformity
- counterpart
- double
- facsimile
- image
- kinship
- like of
- likeness
- look-alike
- parallel
- parity
- peas in a pod
- ringer
- sameness
- semblance
- simile
- similitude
- spitting image
- two of a kind
- Xerox
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