Meanings
plural resemblances · alternative resemblaunce
- countableuncountableThe quality or state of resembling.
His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 16–171 more example
Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
2001 April 16, J. Michael Davis, “Manganese and Rhenium”, in Patty's Toxicology, →DOISynonyms: likeness, similitude, similarity
- countableuncountableThat which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
- countableuncountableA comparison; a simile.
- countableuncountableProbability; verisimilitude.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or state of resembling.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanresemblance
- Englishresemblance
From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ooreenstemming
- ooreenstemmingstate of resembling
Ancient Greek ὁμοιότης
- ὁμοιότης (homoiótēs)state of resembling
Bulgarian прилика, сходство
- прилика (prilika)state of resembling
- сходство (shodstvo)state of resembling
- подобие (podobie)that which resembles
- подо́бие (podóbie)comparison
- схо́дство (shódstvo)comparison
- при́лика (prílika)probability
- правдоподо́бност (pravdopodóbnost)probability
Catalan semblança
- semblançastate of resembling
Danish lighed, lighed
- lighedstate of resembling
- lighedthat which resembles
- sammenligningcomparison
- sandsynlighedprobability
Finnish samankaltaisuus, yhdennäköisyys
- samankaltaisuusstate of resembling
- yhdennäköisyysstate of resembling
- yhtäläisyysstate of resembling
- samanlaisuusstate of resembling
French ressemblance, ressemblance
- ressemblancestate of resembling
- ressemblancethat which resembles
- comparaisoncomparison
- probabilitéprobability
German Ähnlichkeit
- Ähnlichkeitstate of resembling
Hindi समानता
- समानता (samāntā)state of resembling
Irish cosúlacht
- cosúlachtstate of resembling
Italian rassomiglianza, somiglianza
- rassomiglianzastate of resembling
- somiglianzastate of resembling
- assomiglianzastate of resembling
Norwegian Bokmål likhet, likhet
- likhetstate of resembling
- likhetthat which resembles
Portuguese semelhança
- semelhançastate of resembling
Russian схо́дство, сравне́ние
- схо́дство (sxódstvo)state of resembling
- сравне́ние (sravnénije)comparison
- вероя́тность (verojátnostʹ)probability
Scottish Gaelic coltas, coltas
- coltasstate of resembling
- coltasthat which resembles
- coltasprobability
Spanish semejanza, parecido
- semejanzastate of resembling
- parecidostate of resembling
- resemblanzastate of resembling
- semejanzathat which resembles
- parecidothat which resembles
- semejanzacomparison
- parecidocomparison
Swahili mfanano
- mfananostate of resembling
Swedish likhet, likhet
- likhetstate of resembling
- likhetthat which resembles
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with resemblance
All rhymes →Cite this entry
resemblance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resemblance
“resemblance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resemblance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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