Synonyms for likeness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lahyk-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪk nɪs

Top 10 synonyms for likeness

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Définition of likeness

Origin : Old English (Northumbrian) licnes "likeness, similarity; figure, statue, image," shortened from gelicness; see like (adj.) + -ness.

noun correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds

Example sentences :

There was the name and the likeness of a man far more familiar to many of them.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

There seems to be some likeness in the positions of Paul and myself.
Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

Addison has been less studied; and his likeness has consequently been less questioned.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

The dissimilarity of the plays only accentuates the likeness of the two protagonists.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

This is not altogether the fact, though I for one see no shame in acknowledging the likeness.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

The fellow had practised upon my credulity to obtain my likeness for publication.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Of course, as fast as I can lay hands on them, I'm destroying every likeness of the old Nelly.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Assuredly, then, it was something worse, in old Caesar's likeness!
Extract from : « The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

And of the many ways in which this likeness can be used this is one.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

Say, Missus, didn't de Sheriff say dat was a perfec' likeness?
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Antonyms for likeness

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