Likeness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlaɪknəs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Likeness is a noun meaning The state or quality of being like or alike.
Meaning
The state or quality of being like or alike.
More Meanings
- Appearance or form; guise.
- That which closely resembles; a portrait.
- (archaic, transitive) To depict.
Example Sentences
A foe in the likeness of a friend
I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.
How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.
Donald Trump has decided instead that the NEH’s funds would be better spent on his own dream project: a sprawling sculpture garden with 250 likenesses of people he deems “American heroes.”
Word Forms
- likenesses
- likenessing
- likenessed
Synonyms for likeness
Depending on context, synonyms include similarity, similitude, resemblance, semblance, alikeness.
Antonyms for likeness
Common opposites include dissimilitude, unlikeness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semblance, similitude, alikeness, resemblance, similarity, representation.
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