[like.ness] n (bef. 12c) 1: copy, portrait
2: appearance, semblance
3: the quality or state of being like: resemblance syn 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".