resemble

Meaning

1. (transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
2. (archaic, transitive) To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To counterfeit; to imitate.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

Synonyms

look like

like

be like

take after

similar to

similar

be similar

be similar to

equal

alike

be alike

remind of

look

seem

imitate

akin to

bear a resemblance

compare

correspond

copy

analogous

look-alike

parallel

appear

recall

square

suggest

tally

look as if

uniform

appear like

compete against

look alike

look alive

look so

seem like

look as though

accord

remind one

admit

agree

akin

border on

catch sight of

coincide

commemorate

comparable

concur

direction

equate

fitting

hark back

harmonise

harmonize

homogeneous

jibe

likeness

match

purpose

remind

resemblance

resembling

sound

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Translations

ressembler

ähneln

gelijken

parecerse

gleichen

lijken

lijken op

asemejarse

benzemek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.