resemblance
[noun]
Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, kinship, likeness, parallel, sameness, similitude

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Antonyms: dissemblance
Related Words: parallel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧sem‧blance /rɪˈzembləns/ noun [uncountable and countable]
if there is a resemblance between two people or things, they are similar, especially in the way they look ⇒ similarity
resemblance between
The resemblance between Susan and her sister was remarkable.
bear a (close/striking/uncanny etc) resemblance to somebody/something (=look like)
Tina bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
bear little/no resemblance to somebody/something
What happens in the film bears little resemblance to what actually happened.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

resemblance
noun
ADJ. close, great, marked, remarkable, striking, strong | uncanny | obvious | faint, passing, remote, slight, superficial | physical | family
VERB + RESEMBLANCE bear, have, show The plot of the movie bears more than a passing resemblance to Jane Austen's ‘Emma’.
see I can see the family resemblance.
RESEMBLANCE + VERB end They are both called Nigel, but there the resemblance ends (= they are not similar to each other in any other way).
PREP. ~ between There is a close resemblance between her and her daughter.
~ to Crocodiles still have a strong resemblance to their long-lost ancestors.
PHRASES a point of resemblance The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

resemblance

a close resemblance
The vase bore a close resemblance to one owned by my mother.
a strong resemblance
This slender, feathery herb has a strong resemblance to fennel.
a striking resemblance (=very strong and noticeable)
There's a striking resemblance between the two boys.
a remarkable resemblance (=unusual or surprising)
Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between Mathilda and Anne.
an uncanny resemblance (=noticeable and difficult to explain)
I'd always thought that Jo and Freddie had an uncanny resemblance.
a slight/faint resemblance (=not strong)
Don't you think she has a slight resemblance to that blonde singer in Abba?
a passing resemblance (=slight)
There was no more than a passing resemblance between the sisters.
a superficial resemblance (=when something seems to look like something else, but is in fact quite different)
Its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog.
somebody's physical resemblance to somebody
People often commented on his physical resemblance to his father.
a family resemblance (=between members of the same family)
I couldn't detect any family resemblance.
bear/have a resemblance to somebody/something
People said he bore a striking resemblance to the President.
bear little/no resemblance to somebody/something
He bore little resemblance to the photograph in the newspaper.
there the resemblance ends (=they are not similar in any other way)
They are both strong-minded women, but there the resemblance ends.

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