likenesses

Portraits or similarities

Likenesses are resemblances or representations.

Two things that share a likeness look alike: The family likeness was unmistakable.

A likeness is also a portrait or image of someone: The painting captured her likeness perfectly.

The word often appears in legal contexts about using someone's image: rights to name and likeness.

representation

portrait

Artistic depiction of someone

effigy · bust · statue · sculpture · figure · icon · sketch · drawing · painting · photograph

copy

replica

Faithful scaled reproduction

imitation · counterfeit · forgery · clone · mock-up · carbon copy · simulacrum · knockoff · pastiche · mirror image

similarity

resemblance

Likeness between things

affinity · comparability · equivalence · parity · kinship · congruence · homogeneity · uniformity · consonance · conformity

reflection

mirror

Reflective viewing surface

  • imageVisual or mental likeness
  • surfaceOutermost boundary layer
  • waterClear essential liquid

glass · echo · shimmer · shadow · glint · ripple · gleam

Categories
Opposites
similarity vs. dissimilarity

likenessesdifferences

Ways things aren't alike

dissimilarities · distinctions · contrasts · divergences · disparities

representation vs. abstraction

likenessesabstractions

Non-concrete conceptual ideas

distortions · misrepresentations · caricatures · abstract art

Family

likeness, alikeness, unlikeness

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