resemblance
Other forms: resemblances
A resemblance is a similarity in appearance. Children usually have a strong resemblance to their biological parents.
When you talk about resemblances, you're talking about people or things that look alike in some way. Relatives often have resemblances because they share the same genes. Perhaps you have a resemblance to a famous person. Many people think there's a resemblance between dogs and their owners. If someone draws a picture of you, but it has no resemblance to what you really look like, they did a bad job.
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similarity in appearance or external or superficial detailstypes:mutual resemblancesymmetrical resemblanceaffinityinherent resemblance between persons or thingstype of:alikeness, likeness, similitudesimilarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things
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Vocabulary lists containing resemblance
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While his father sits in jail for eco-terrorism, Noah sets out to prove that a casino boat is illegally polluting a local harbor.