Meaning of LIKENESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'lIknis
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- [n] picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- [n] similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
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| | Synonyms: | | alikeness, semblance, similitude |
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| | Antonyms: | | dissimilitude, unlikeness | | |
| | See Also: | | comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence, icon, Identikit, Identikit picture, ikon, image, mirror image, picture, portrait, portrayal, reflection, reflexion, resemblance, similarity, spitting image | |
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| | Definition: | | \Like"ness\, n. [AS. gel[=i]cnes.]
1. The state or quality of being like; similitude;
resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to
the other is remarkable.
2. Appearance or form; guise.
An enemy in the likeness of a friend. --L'Estrange.
3. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
[How he looked] the likenesses of him which still
remain enable us to imagine. --Macaulay.
4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.]
He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this
likeness, Leech, heal thyself. --Wyclif (Luke
iv. 23).
Syn: Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation;
portrait; effigy.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstract, abstraction, accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, alliance, ally, altarpiece, alter ego, analogon, analogousness, analogue, analogy, angle, aping, appearance, approach, approximation, aspect, assimilation, associate, balance, block print, brother, certified copy, close copy, close match, closeness, coequality, coextension, cognate, collage, color print, community, companion, comparability, comparableness, comparison, complement, configuration, conformity, congenator, congener, coordinate, copy, copying, correlate, correlative, correspondence, correspondent, counterfeit, counterpart, cyclorama, daub, dead ringer, diptych, double, drawing, duplicate, ectype, effect, effigy, eidolon, engraving, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, equivalent, evenness, exact likeness, face, facet, facsimile, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, fashion, feature, fellow, figure, forgery, form, fresco, gestalt, guise, icon, identity, idol, ikon, illumination, illustration, image, imago, imitation, impression, justice, kindred spirit, levelness, light, like, likening, lineaments, living image, living picture, look, manner, match, mate, metaphor, mimicking, miniature, mirroring, model, montage, mosaic, mural, near duplicate, nearness, obverse, painting, panorama, par, parallel, parallelism, parity, pasticcio, pastiche, pendant, phase, phasis, phony, photograph, picture, poise, portrait, print, proportion, reciprocal, reference, reflection, regard, replica, representation, reproduction, resemblance, respect, rubbing, sameness, sculpture, second self, seeming, semblance, shadow, shape, side, similarity, simile, similitude, simulacrum, simulation, sister, slant, soul mate, spit and image, spitting image, stained glass window, statue, statuette, stencil, still life, style, such, suchlike, symmetry, tableau, tally, tapestry, the like of, the likes of, total effect, trace, tracing, triptych, twin, twist, uniformity, very image, very picture, view, viewpoint, wall painting, wise |
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