Thesaurus: likeness

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1. n. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
2. n. Appearance or form; guise.
3. n. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
4. n. A comparison; parable; proverb.
5. n. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
6. n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
7. 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.
8. See Lickerish, Lickerishness. Chaucer.
9. n:100 n. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing