likeness
noun
like·ness ˈlīk-nəs 
1
: copy, portrait
2
: appearance, semblance
3
: the quality or state of being like : resemblance
Synonyms
- icon
- ikon
- illustration
- image
- picture
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a stamp bearing the likeness of a president There's some likeness between them. There's an uncanny likeness between them.
Recent Examples on the Web The first £1 note featuring the Queen's likeness was issued by the Bank of England in 1960, The Washington Post reports. 
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 That means anyone can use the characters’ likeness without facing legal action. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Police in the Central Massachusetts city hope to raise $100,000 to build a life-size granite statue in Frankie’s likeness, to be placed in Fitchburg Police Memorial Park. Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Adidas signed 15 female student-athletes to name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals across seven collegiate sports. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Aug. 2022 Mystery bobblehead What likeness will grace the mystery bobblehead? Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 July 2022 Decades later, Franklin’s likeness is helping Black college students pursue careers in animation as part of The Armstrong Project. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 28 July 2022 Lee, who created the company in 2001, claimed that he was unduly influenced into signing away his intellectual property and likeness rights. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2022 Rogue One, when Grand Moff Tarkin—complete with Peter Cushing's likeness—appeared as a key character in the movie. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 22 June 2022 See More
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 That means anyone can use the characters’ likeness without facing legal action. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Police in the Central Massachusetts city hope to raise $100,000 to build a life-size granite statue in Frankie’s likeness, to be placed in Fitchburg Police Memorial Park. Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 Adidas signed 15 female student-athletes to name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals across seven collegiate sports. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Aug. 2022 Mystery bobblehead What likeness will grace the mystery bobblehead? Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 July 2022 Decades later, Franklin’s likeness is helping Black college students pursue careers in animation as part of The Armstrong Project. Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 28 July 2022 Lee, who created the company in 2001, claimed that he was unduly influenced into signing away his intellectual property and likeness rights. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2022 Rogue One, when Grand Moff Tarkin—complete with Peter Cushing's likeness—appeared as a key character in the movie. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 22 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing likeness
Kids Definition
likeness
noun
like·ness ˈlīk-nəs
1
: the state of being similar : resemblance
2
: a picture of a person : portrait
likeness
noun
1
as in image
a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- image
- depiction
- portrait
- illustration
- picture
- representation
- resemblance
- photograph
- drawing
- icon
- caricature
- silhouette
- ikon
- view
- sketch
- watercolor
- collage
- etching
- cartoon
- delineation
- doodle
- daub
- montage
- finger painting
- ideograph
- hieroglyphic
- hieroglyph
- diagram
- ideogram
- pictograph
2
as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another why, you're the very likeness of your mother! Synonyms & Similar Words
- image
- replica
- picture
- twin
- portrait
- clone
- duplicate
- counterpart
- facsimile
- equivalent
- double
- duplication
- portrayal
- doppelganger
- mirror image
- doppelgänger
- alter ego
- look-alike
- carbon copy
- fetch
- carbon
- ringer
- match
- spit
- spitting image
- effigy
- equal
- companion
- analogue
- fellow
- mate
- parallel
- Chinese copy
- analog
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- opposite
- reverse
- antithesis
- converse
3
as in resemblance
the quality or state of having many qualities in common the forgery was difficult to detect due to the pinpoint likeness it bore to the original Synonyms & Similar Words
- resemblance
- similarity
- similitude
- comparability
- correspondence
- alikeness
- parallelism
- semblance
- identity
- correlation
- equivalence
- equation
- community
- affinity
- relationship
- equivalency
- parity
- analogousness
- interchangeability
- identicalness
- accordance
- agreement
- congruity
- sameness
- par
- compatibility
- conformity
- exchangeability
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- distinctness
- difference
- distinctiveness
- dissimilarity
- discrepancy
- disparity
- unlikeness
- disagreement
- inequality
- polarity
- conflict
- dissimilitude
- incongruity
- disparateness
- nonconformity
- incompatibility
- incongruence
- dichotomy
- inequality
- discriminability
- disproportion
- differentiability
- imbalance
- incongruousness
- distinguishability
- anomalousness
- nonequivalence
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of likeness are analogy, resemblance, similarity, and similitude. While all these words mean "agreement or correspondence in details," likeness implies a closer correspondence than similarity which often implies that things are merely somewhat alike.
a remarkable likeness to his late father
some similarity between the two cases
In some situations, the words analogy and likeness are roughly equivalent. However, analogy implies likeness or parallelism in relations rather than in appearance or qualities.
pointed out analogies to past wars
The words resemblance and likeness are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, resemblance implies similarity chiefly in appearance or external qualities.
statements that bear little resemblance to the truth
The meanings of similitude and likeness largely overlap; however, similitude applies chiefly to correspondence between abstractions.
two schools of social thought showing points of similitude