Semblance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact” ( Thomas Carlyle).
  • n. A representation; a copy.
  • n. The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
  • n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
  • n. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or fact of being like of similar; likeness; similarity; resemblance.
  • n. Likeness; image; exterior form.
  • n. Face; countenance; aspect.
  • n. Appearance; outward seeming; show.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
  • n. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
  • n. an erroneous mental representation
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    seeming    appearance    show    figure    form    likeness    similitude   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vestige    devoid    illusion    lack    modicum    pretense    embodiment    trace    pretence    bound