LIKENESS
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
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• similarity
Verb
likeness (third-person singular simple present likenesses, present participle likenessing, simple past and past participle likenessed)
(archaic, transitive) To depict.
Anagrams
• 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