resemblances
Ways things match
Resemblances are similarities or likenesses between things.
The word usually implies partial correspondence rather than identity: The resemblances between the two cases are striking.
Family resemblances connect relatives through shared features.
She bears a strong resemblance to her mother uses the singular for one instance of likeness.
Visual similarity or representation
- samenessState of being identical
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- comparabilityLikeness permitting evaluation
equivalence · parallelism · congruence · uniformity · homogeneity · matching · mirroring · twinning
One who closely resembles another
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
- doubleTwice the amount
- twinOne of matched pair
- ringerImpostor in competition
spitting image · dead ringer · facsimile · counterpart · mirror image · duplicate · impersonator · body double
Reflected sound wave
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
kinship · connection · allegory · parable · metaphor · simile · symbolism · archetype
Ancestry through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
genetic traits · kinship · parentage · genealogy · consanguinity · common ancestry · dynasty · forebears
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
- samenessState of being identical
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
comparability · equivalence · parallelism · congruence · uniformity · homogeneity · matching · mirroring · twinning · duplication
lookalike
One who closely resembles another
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
- doubleTwice the amount
- twinOne of matched pair
ringer · spitting image · dead ringer · facsimile · counterpart · mirror image · duplicate · impersonator · body double · stand-in
echo
Reflected sound wave
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- analogueSomething functionally similar
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
affinity · kinship · connection · allegory · parable · metaphor · simile · symbolism · archetype · typology
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
heritage · genetic traits · kinship · parentage · genealogy · consanguinity · common ancestry · dynasty · forebears · maternal
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
resemblancesdifferences
Ways things aren't alike
dissimilarities · distinctions · contrasts · disparities · divergences
resemblancesdifferences
Ways things aren't alike
uniquenesses · individualities · singularities · particularities · idiosyncrasies
- family resemblanceVisible hereditary similarity
- uncanny resemblanceDisturbing degree of similarity