ALIKENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things

Example:

man created God in his own likeness

Synonyms:

alikeness; likeness; similitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("alikeness" is a kind of...):

similarity (the quality of being similar)

Attribute:

alike; like; similar (having the same or similar characteristics)

dissimilar; unalike (not alike or similar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alikeness"):

mirror image; reflection; reflexion (a likeness in which left and right are reversed)

naturalness (the likeness of a representation to the thing represented)

resemblance (similarity in appearance or external or superficial details)

spitting image (a perfect likeness or counterpart)

Derivation:

alike (having the same or similar characteristics)