likeness

[ lahyk-nis ]

/ ˈlaɪk nɪs /

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noun

a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.

the state or fact of being like: I can't get over your likeness to my friend.

the semblance or appearance of something; guise: to assume the likeness of a swan.

Nearby words

like-minded, likelihood, likely, likely as not, liken, likeness, likes of, the, likewise, likin, liking, likker

Origin of likeness

before 950; Middle English liknesse, Old English līcnes, variant of gelīcnes. See alike, -ness

SYNONYMS FOR likeness

2 resemblance, similitude.

3 shape, form.

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Examples from the Web for likeness

If her likeness on the billboard makes waves, why stop there?
Maureen Dowd: ‘I Love’ Pot Billboard Using My Image, Will Use It for Christmas Card|Abby Haglage|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, her likeness stars in a “Consume Responsibly” billboard.
Maureen Dowd: ‘I Love’ Pot Billboard Using My Image, Will Use It for Christmas Card|Abby Haglage|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His likeness adorns the more expensive posters, calendars and tea towels inside the store.
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She had gotten his likeness tattooed on her upper arm, and she raised her sleeve to show it to a reporter.
Alphonza Bryant, the Slain Bronx Teen Who Did Everything Right|Michael Daly|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Other demonstrators held up photos of Martin Luther King, Jr.—some wore masks of his likeness, too—and Frederick Douglas.
"Obama, Come Here To Hebron"|Ali Gharib|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is generally a gross approximation of the conception of the Infinite Being to the likeness of man.
An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance|John Foster
Love is the ladder by which we climb up to the likeness of God.
Leaves of Life|Margaret Bird Steinmetz
There is but one way to press into the depths of the knowledge of God—namely growth into His likeness.
The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon|Alexander Maclaren
"It may hae been something waur, in his likeness," said Dame Glendinning.
The Monastery|Sir Walter Scott
The apparition or whatever it was that had taken the likeness of G—had disappeared.
Indian Ghost Stories|S. Mukerji

British Dictionary definitions for likeness

likeness

/ (ˈlaɪknɪs) /

noun

the condition of being alike; similarity

a painted, carved, moulded, or graphic image of a person or thing

an imitative appearance; semblance

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