Synonyms for
Resemblance
Definition
The state of resembling or being similar in appearance or character.
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- striking resemblance
- close resemblance
- remarkable resemblance
- slight resemblance
- bear a resemblance
- have a resemblance
- mutual resemblance
- family resemblance
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Usage note
Resemblance refers to the state of being alike or similar. It is often used to describe physical appearance but can also apply to abstract qualities. Be careful not to confuse it with 'resentment', which means anger or displeasure.
Example sentences
- There is a resemblance between the two buildings.
- The resemblance between the two sisters is striking.
- The resemblance between the father and son is remarkable.
- The resemblance between the two dogs is uncanny.
- There is no resemblance between the two paintings.
Quotes
There is a resemblance between friends and husbands, namely, that they both are apt to become tiresome. - George Eliot
All great art holds the power of resemblance. - Michel de Montaigne
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the colored canvas, reveals himself. - Oscar Wilde