Word Meanings - LIKENESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. 2. Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. 3. That which closely resembles;
Additional info about word: LIKENESS
1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. 2. Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay. 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif . Syn. -- Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LIKENESS)
- Appearance
- Advent
- coming
- arrival
- presence
- apparition
- aspect
- Manifestatlon
- probability
- likeness
- exhibition
- mien
- manner
- semblance
- air
- show
- look
- pretense
- likelihood
- presumption
- Copy
- Imitation
- portraiture
- facsimile
- counterfeit
- duplicate
- image
- transcript
- Figure
- Aspect
- shape
- emblem
- type
- condition
- appearance
- form
- symbol
- metaphor
- delineation
- illustration
- Image
- Statue
- representation
- effigy
- copy
- idea
- conception
- fiction
- shadow
- picture
- vision
- Picture
- Likeness
- resemblance
- drawing
- painting
- engraving
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LIKENESS)
- Expose
- unmask
- detect
- Pervert
- distort
- misadapt
- misdelineate
- derange
- discompose
- misconstrue
- misproduce
- caricature
Related words: (words related to LIKENESS)
- COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - SYMBOLISTIC; SYMBOLISTICAL
Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry. - COMPATIENT
Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck. - COMMISSARY
An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer - STATUELESS
Without a statue. - COMMERCIALLY
In a commercial manner. - COMPOSITOUS
Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin. - METAPHORIST
One who makes metaphors. - DRAWER
An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good - COMMISERATION
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy. - COMMENSURABILITY
The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne. - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - DERANGER
One who deranges. - COMPROMISE
promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both - DERANGEMENT
The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; - COMPENSATOR
An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices. - COMPREHENSIVENESS
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison. - STATUED
Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow. "Statued niches." G. Eliot. - COMPANIONLESS
Without a companion. - FORESHADOW
To shadow or typi Dryden. - INDECOMPOSABLENESS
Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. - SUPERCONCEPTION
Superfetation. Sir T. Browne. - INTERCOMMUNION
Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber. - UNBECOMING
Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n. - ENCOMBERMENT
Hindrance; molestation. Spenser. - INCOMMENSURABLE
Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other;