alikeness

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noun

The state or quality of being alike.

Similar
likenesssimilitude
Opposite
unalikeness
OriginEnglish alike ← Middle English ylich ← Old English ġelīċ →
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Meanings

nounalikeness (countable and uncountable, plural alikenesses)

plural alikenesses

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being alike.
  2. countableThe result or product of being alike; a similarity.

    2015, Mark G. Boyer, Matthew S. Ver Miller, Human Wholeness: A Spirituality of Relationship Both alikenesses and differences help us see beyond our own image—what we see when we look in the mirror—so that we can see more.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unalikeness

nounsimilarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

Similar
likenesssimilitude
Broader
similarity
Also see
likenesssimilitude

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. Proto-Germanic*galīkaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*galīk
  8. Old Englishġelīċ
  9. Middle Englishylich
  10. Englishalike
  11. Englishalikeness

From alike + -ness.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leakiness
Cite this entry
APA

alikeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alikeness

MLA

“alikeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alikeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alikeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alikeness.

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