likeness
The state or quality of being like or alike.
Example
“I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.”
Other meanings
Appearance or form; guise.
“A foe in the likeness of a friend”
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
“How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.”
Synonyms
- similarity
Related words
- mislikeness
Word history
From Old English "līcness".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “likeness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.