resemblance

re·sem·blance (ri zem′bləns)

noun

the state, fact, or quality of resembling; similarity of appearance, or, sometimes, of character; likeness
a point, degree, or sort of likeness
something that resembles; likeness or semblance (of someone or something)
Obsolete characteristic appearance
Obsolete likelihood; probability

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr

Converse of object

bear: The Forge Shopping Center Today the East End bears little resemblance to the East End of twenty years ago.
pass: It's not just a passing resemblance, either people really think I am him.
bare: Some parts of the book are written in a style of prose which bares an uncanny resemblance to your own!
trace: I hope you all can identify the whose who and trace family resemblances.
notice: Did he notice facial resemblances to acknowledged IRA leaders?
spot: And people love to play spot the resemblance: ' Hasn't he got his mother's nose?

Converse of subject

strike: Moreover, we cannot fail to be struck by the obvious resemblance of living organs to the carefully planned designs of human engineers.

Preposition: between

word: This kind of resemblance between words, in a systematic way, is at the same time taken for granted and fully natural.

Adjective modifier

uncanny: Its uncanny resemblance to the developments in our own world cannot be denied.
striking: He earned the nickname Alex due to his striking resemblance to a large marine turtle in Sea World Skegness.
superficial: Maybe they thought it was a volcanic lake due to the superficial resemblance.
startling: He was also the father of the late Terence Cuneo, the distinguished British Artist whose career bore a startling resemblance to his own.
fancied: Muscle means little mouse in Latin, from the fancied resemblance of the muscle body contracting beneath the skin.
remarkable: The side view shows a remarkable resemblance to the same builder's earlier Class 156 trains.

Noun used with modifier

family: There is no essence to all games; there is only a family resemblance among games.
bear: Whilst some of the real figures in the play bear resemblance to their historical counterparts, others are completely contrived.
structure: Identification of tertiary structure resemblance in proteins using a maximal common subgraph isomorphism algorithm.

Preposition: in

protein: Identification of tertiary structure resemblance in proteins using a maximal common subgraph isomorphism algorithm.
style: I am not an expert in the field but even I can see a striking resemblance in style.
structure: I was struck, while touring Thomas Haney Secondary, by its resemblance in structure and design to that school, Carmody Junior High.

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