resemblancenoun [ C or U ]
uk/rɪˈzem.bləns/us/rɪˈzem.bləns/C2 the fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way:
There was a clear family resemblance between all the brothers.
These prices bear no resemblance to (= are completely different from) the ones I saw printed in the newspaper.
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- Both children bear a very close resemblance to their father.
- She bears a faint resemblance to my sister.
- He bears more than a passing resemblance to the young Marlon Brando.
- Their baby bears a strong resemblance to its grandfather.
- She bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- every inch idiom
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- inch
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
- sameness
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