resembling
Similar in appearance
Resembling means looking or seeming like something else.
It's the present participle of resemble, used to draw comparisons: a cloud resembling a ship, behavior resembling that of a toddler.
The word often introduces descriptions that stop short of identity—something resembles another thing without being that thing.
One who closely resembles another
- doubleTwice the amount
- twinOne of matched pair
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
duplicate · replica · facsimile · copy · counterpart · match · dead-ringer · carbon-copy
Resembling another thing
- alikeSharing key features
- akinRelated in nature
- comparableAble to be likened
- analogousComparable in certain respects
corresponding · equivalent · parallel · kindred · homologous · cognate · congruent · consonant
Tending to summon memories
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
emblematic · representative · allegorical · metaphorical · figurative · illustrative · indicative · conjuring
Copying another's behavior
- imitatingCopying another's manner
- copyingReproducing something exactly
- emulatingCopying to equal
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
impersonating · parroting · echoing · simulating · counterfeiting · forging · replicating · duplicating
lookalike
One who closely resembles another
doppelganger · duplicate · replica · facsimile · copy · counterpart · match · dead-ringer · carbon-copy · alter-ego
similar
Resembling another thing
- alikeSharing key features
- akinRelated in nature
- comparableAble to be likened
analogous · corresponding · equivalent · parallel · kindred · homologous · cognate · congruent · consonant · commensurate
evocative
Tending to summon memories
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- reminiscentTending to recall
- redolentSmelling strongly of something
symbolic · emblematic · representative · allegorical · metaphorical · figurative · illustrative · indicative · conjuring · depicting
mimicking
Copying another's behavior
mirroring · impersonating · parroting · echoing · simulating · counterfeiting · forging · replicating · duplicating · approximating
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- Samenessalike, similar, likeness, matching, congruent
- approximatingguessing, estimating, rounding, ballparking, eyeballing
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- almostalmost, nearly, about, approximately, roughly
resemble, resemblance, resembled, resembles, dissembler, resemblances, dissembles, dissemblers