Definitions

likeness

[lahyk-nis] / ˈlaɪk nɪs /

NOUN

resemblance; something that corresponds

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depiction effigy facsimile image photograph portrait replica reproduction

STRONG

Xerox affinity agreement alikeness analogy appearance carbon clone comparison conformity copy counterpart delineation ditto double equality equivalence form guise identicalness identity model parallelism photocopy picture representation resemblance sameness semblance similarity simile similitude study uniformity

WEAK

analogousness comparableness dead ringer knockoff lookalike

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entity original

STRONG

difference disagreement discord dissimilarity inequality opposition reality unlikeness

Example Sentences

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And they were so knowledgeable and like, “Go back and look at everything that you’ve done the last 10 years, and review everything, and make sure that they can’t use your likeness in the future.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

A new bipartisan college-sports bill aims to regulate the name, image and likeness era in college sports.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The researchers have also helped create a facial likeness of David Young, the cabin boy.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Also in the Winners Gallery is the sterling-silver Borg-Warner Trophy—a behemoth at 5-foot-4 inches and 153 pounds—on which a winner’s likeness is added every year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

When they reached the door—a tall oval mouth, set in a wall fashioned in the likeness of a human face—the smallest dwarf Dany had ever seen was waiting on the threshold.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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