noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɹɪˈzɛmbləns/
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General-American:/ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
rhymes with -ɛmbləns
CMU ARPABET:R IH0 Z EH1 M B L AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:R IY0 Z EH1 M B L AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of resembling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: likeness, similitude, similarity
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A comparison; a simile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Probability; verisimilitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: likeness, alikeness, similitude
Narrower terms: mutual resemblance, affinity
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
ooreenstemming
— state of resembling
Armenian:
նմանություն
(nmanutʻyun)
— state of resembling
Asturian:
semeyanza
— state of resembling
Asturian:
asemeyanza
— state of resembling
Bulgarian:
прилика
(prilika)
— state of resembling
Bulgarian:
сходство
(shodstvo)
— state of resembling
Catalan:
semblança
— state of resembling
Danish:
lighed
— state of resembling
Finnish:
samankaltaisuus
— state of resembling
Finnish:
yhdennäköisyys
— state of resembling
Finnish:
yhtäläisyys
— state of resembling
Finnish:
samanlaisuus
— state of resembling
French:
ressemblance
— state of resembling
Friulian:
someance
— state of resembling
Galician:
semellanza
— state of resembling
Georgian:
მსგავსება
(msgavseba)
— state of resembling
German:
Ähnlichkeit
— state of resembling
Ancient Greek:
ὁμοιότης
(homoiótēs)
— state of resembling
Hindi:
समानता
(samāntā)
— state of resembling
Irish:
cosúlacht
— state of resembling
Italian:
rassomiglianza
— state of resembling
Italian:
somiglianza
— state of resembling
Italian:
assomiglianza
— state of resembling
Norwegian Bokmål:
likhet
— state of resembling
Occitan:
semblança
— state of resembling
Plautdietsch:
Änlichkjeit
— state of resembling
Portuguese:
semelhança
— state of resembling
Russian:
схо́дство
(sxódstvo)
— state of resembling
Scottish Gaelic:
coltas
— state of resembling
Spanish:
semejanza
— state of resembling
Spanish:
parecido
— state of resembling
Spanish:
resemblanza
— state of resembling
Swahili:
mfanano
— state of resembling
Swedish:
likhet
— state of resembling
Telugu:
పోలిక
(pōlika)
— state of resembling
Venetan:
somejansa
— state of resembling
Bulgarian:
подобие
(podobie)
— that which resembles
Danish:
lighed
— that which resembles
French:
ressemblance
— that which resembles
Galician:
parecido
— that which resembles
Norwegian Bokmål:
likhet
— that which resembles
Scottish Gaelic:
coltas
— that which resembles
Spanish:
semejanza
— that which resembles
Spanish:
parecido
— that which resembles
Swedish:
likhet
— that which resembles
Bulgarian:
подо́бие
(podóbie)
— comparison
Bulgarian:
схо́дство
(shódstvo)
— comparison
Danish:
sammenligning
— comparison
French:
comparaison
— comparison
Russian:
сравне́ние
(sravnénije)
— comparison
Spanish:
semejanza
— comparison
Spanish:
parecido
— comparison
Bulgarian:
при́лика
(prílika)
— probability
Bulgarian:
правдоподо́бност
(pravdopodóbnost)
— probability
Danish:
sandsynlighed
— probability
French:
probabilité
— probability
Russian:
вероя́тность
(verojátnostʹ)
— probability
