likeness, semblance
(noun) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
likeness, alikeness, similitude
(noun) similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; “man created God in his own likeness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
likeness (plural likenesses)
The state or quality of being like or alike
Synonyms: similitude, resemblance, similarity
Appearance or form; guise.
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
• similarity
likeness (third-person singular simple present likenesses, present participle likenessing, simple past and past participle likenessed)
(archaic, transitive) To depict.
• eelskins
Source: Wiktionary
Like"ness, n. Etym: [AS. gelicnes.]
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. [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay.
4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
Syn.
– Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
