 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Likeness \Like"ness\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
likeness
noun
1: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: {alikeness}, {similitude}] [ant: {unlikeness}, {unlikeness}]
2: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: {semblance}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
199 Moby Thesaurus words for "likeness": 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
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |