n.
Pronunciation: ' l ī k-n ə s
Function: noun
Date: before 12th century
1 : COPY , PORTRAIT
2 : APPEARANCE , SEMBLANCE
3 : the quality or state of being like : RESEMBLANCE
synonyms LIKENESS , SIMILARITY , RESEMBLANCE , SIMILITUDE , ANALOGY mean agreement or correspondence in details. LIKENESS implies a closer correspondence than SIMILARITY which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike <a remarkable likeness to his late father> <some similarity between the two cases>. RESEMBLANCE implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities <statements that bear little resemblance to the truth>. SIMILITUDE applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions <two schools of social thought showing points of similitude >. ANALOGY implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities <pointed out analogies to past wars>.