resemblance
Likeness between things
Resemblance is similarity in appearance or character between things or people.
A child may bear a strong resemblance to a parent.
Two situations may have enough resemblance to invite comparison.
The word often implies visual likeness but extends to any shared quality: The resemblance between the two cases is striking.
One who closely resembles another
- doubleTwice the amount
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- twinOne of matched pair
- spitting imageExact likeness of another
dead ringer · carbon copy · clone · mirror image · replica · facsimile · likeness · image
Visual similarity or representation
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- alikenessState of being similar
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
sameness · comparability · equivalence · congruence · parity · parallel · analogy · consonance
Identical reproduction made
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- emulationCopying to rival
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- reproductionCopying or procreation
duplicate · counterfeit · forgery · mock-up · mimic · impersonation · parody · caricature
Implied identity comparison
- simileComparison via "as"
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
comparison · correspondence · correlation · symbolism · figurative · emblematic · illustrative · representative
lookalike
One who closely resembles another
- doubleTwice the amount
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- twinOne of matched pair
spitting image · dead ringer · carbon copy · clone · mirror image · replica · facsimile · likeness · image · reflection
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- alikenessState of being similar
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
affinity · sameness · comparability · equivalence · congruence · parity · parallel · analogy · consonance · conformity
copy
Identical reproduction made
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- emulationCopying to rival
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
reproduction · duplicate · counterfeit · forgery · mock-up · mimic · impersonation · parody · caricature · approximation
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
parable · comparison · correspondence · correlation · symbolism · figurative · emblematic · illustrative · representative · homology
heredity
Genetic trait transmission
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- genesUnits of heredity
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
bloodline · lineage · ancestry · heritage · traits · offspring · relatives · siblings · parentage · descendants
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- Samenessalike, likeness, matching, congruent, identical
- mimicrychameleon, cuttlefish, stick insect, leaf insect, mockingbird
- Image Comparisoncontrast, side by side, before and after, overlay, juxtaposition
- ontologyontology, being, existence, becoming, universals
resemblancedissimilarity
State of being unlike
difference · unlikeness · dissimilitude · contrast · disparity
- family resemblanceVisible hereditary similarity
- uncanny resemblanceDisturbing degree of similarity