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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things;
- Example: "man created God in his own likeness"
[syn: likeness, alikeness, similitude]

2. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing;
[syn: likeness, semblance]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Likeness \Like"ness\, n. [AS. gel[imac]cnes.] 1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. [1913 Webster] 2. Appearance or form; guise. [1913 Webster] An enemy in the likeness of a friend. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. [1913 Webster] [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Likerous
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

likeness n 1: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: likeness, alikeness, similitude] [ant: dissimilitude, unlikeness] 2: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: likeness, semblance]