Synonyms for resemble
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-zem-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɛm bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for resemble Other synonyms for the word resemble
Définition of resemble
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French resembler "belike" (12c., Modern French ressemble), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from Latin simulare "to copy" (see similar (adj.)). Related: Resembled; resembling.
- verb look or be like
- I answered that there was every reason why I should resemble her.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It is our duty to resemble him as much as we can; that is to say, as much as an ape can resemble a man.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- I earnestly hope it may not resemble any type of death to which we are liable.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- They all had a human form and did not resemble their mother.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Did they resemble the Aztecs in these respects or the West Indians?
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- "Say rather an ass, shaved and painted to resemble a zebra," muttered John.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The name was unlucky; and besides, the child did not resemble his family.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Frequently when found in the egg state they resemble a small puff-ball.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- The pores become torn so that they resemble the teeth of the Hydnum.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
Antonyms for resemble
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