resemble

Verb

Meaning

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

To liken; to compare; to represent as like.

To counterfeit; to imitate.

To cause to imitate or be like.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mirror duplicate look like echo match parallel correspond approximate emulate imitate mimic be like be comparable to be similar to bear a resemblance to
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Antonyms

differ diverge

Hypernyms

match fit agree check correspond tally

Hyponyms

echo approximate recall imitate take after look like

Phrases with the word

I resemble that remark closely resemble

Derivatives

resembled resembling

Examples

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. Hesiod

Nothing causes us to so nearly resemble God as the forgiveness of injuries. John Chrysostom

Some people resemble the honeybee and some resemble the fly. Those who resemble the fly seek to find evil in every circumstance and are preoccupied with it; they see no good anywhere. But those who resemble the honeybee only see the good in everything they see. Paisios of Mount Athos

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy

How much do we resemble that filthy brute the ape. Latin Proverb

If you would resemble the vulture, look out for a carcase. [Wait for dead men's shoes.]. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

resemblance resemblant resemblaunce resemblence resembler resembling