likeness

like·ness  (lkns)

n.

1. The state, quality, or fact of being like; resemblance.

2. An imitative appearance; a semblance.

3. A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image.

Synonyms: likeness, similarity, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity
These nouns denote agreement or conformity. Likeness implies close agreement: It was your uncanny likeness to my brother that made me stare at you.
Similarity and similitude suggest agreement only in some respects or to some degree: They were drawn to each other by similarity of interests. "A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Resemblance refers to similarity in external or superficial details: "The child . . . bore a remarkable resemblance to her grandfather" (Lytton Strachey).
Analogy is similarity, as of properties or functions, between things that are otherwise not comparable: The operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the human brain.
Affinity is likeness deriving from kinship or from the possession of shared properties or sympathies: Being an orphan, she felt an affinity with other parentless children.

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likeness [ˈlaɪknɪs]

n

1. the condition of being alike; similarity

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painted, carved, moulded, or graphic image of a person or thing

3. an imitative appearance; semblance

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	likeness - similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" alikeness, similitude similarity - the quality of being similar comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence - qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" mirror image, reflection, reflexion - a likeness in which left and right are reversed naturalness - the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music" resemblance - similarity in appearance or external or superficial details spitting image - a perfect likeness or counterpart dissimilitude, unlikeness - dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness
	2.	likeness - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing semblance Identikit, Identikit picture - a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought ikon, picture, icon, image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" portrait, portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits"

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likeness

noun

1. resemblance, similarity, correspondence, affinity, similitude These stories have a startling likeness to one another.

2. portrait, study, picture, model, image, photograph, copy, counterpart, representation, reproduction, replica, depiction, facsimile, effigy, delineation The museum displays wax likenesses of every US president.

3. appearance, form, guise, semblance a disservice in the likeness of a favour

Translations

likeness [ˈlaɪknɪs] N

1. (= resemblance) → semejanza f, parecido m
family likeness → aire m de familia

2. (= appearance) → aspecto m
in the likeness of → a imagen y semejanza de ...
to assume the likeness of → tomar la forma de ..., adoptar la apariencia de ...

3. (= portrait) → retrato m
it's a good likeness → se parece mucho

likeness [ˈlaɪknəs] n

(= similarity) → ressemblance f
a likeness between → une ressemblance entre
to bear a likeness to sb → avoir une ressemblance avec qn

(= photo, portrait) to be a good likeness → être très ressemblant(e)
She says the artist's impression is an excellent likeness of her abductor → Elle dit que le portrait de son ravisseur est très ressemblant.

likeness

n (= resemblance) → Ähnlichkeit f; (= portrait) → Bild(nis) nt; to have a likeness to somebody/one another → jdm/einander ähnlich sehen; the ghost appeared in the likeness of a monk → der Geist erschien in der Gestalt eines Mönchs; the god took on the likeness of a bull → der Gott nahm die Form eines Stiers an; the painting is a good likeness of him → er ist auf dem Gemälde gut getroffen

likeness [ˈlaɪknɪs] n

a. (similarity) → somiglianza
there is a family likeness → ci sono tratti caratteristici della famiglia
that's a good likeness of you → ti rassomiglia molto

b. (form) in the likeness of → sotto le apparenze or l'aspetto di

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likeness [ˈlaɪknɪs] n

a. (similarity) → somiglianza
there is a family likeness → ci sono tratti caratteristici della famiglia
that's a good likeness of you → ti rassomiglia molto

b. (form) in the likeness of → sotto le apparenze or l'aspetto di