noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcnes, probably short for gelīcnes, from gelīc like, alike + -nes -ness — more at like III
1. : the quality or state of being like : resemblance , similarity
should have known you anywhere from your likeness to your father — Archibald Marshall
the likenesses that hold people together … are greater than the unlikenesses that would make them foes — Max Gilstrap
2. : appearance , form , guise , semblance , shape
low-hanging clouds took on the likeness of a wintry sky — H.A.Chippendale
modeling … its gods after its own likeness — Agnes Repplier
3. : a usually visual representation (as of a person) : copy , effigy , portrait
her likeness has appeared on the cover of a … magazine — Newsweek
a bronze bust … which is an excellent likeness — W.G.MacCallum