Likeness

  

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Likeness

Definitions: Likeness

Likeness

Noun

1. Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things: "man created God in his own likeness".

2. Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "likeness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Likeness

DomainDefinitions

Slang in 1811

LIKENESS. A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Synonyms: Likeness

Synonyms: alikeness (n), semblance (n), similitude (n). (additional references)
Antonym: unlikeness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Likeness

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Copy

Noun: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.

Misrepresentation

Noun: misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura, exaggeration; daubing; Verb: bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty.

Representation

Verb: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness; Noun: hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe; trace, copy; mold.

Image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.

Similarity

Parallel; simile; type; (metaphor); image; (representation); photograph; close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance.

Noun: similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement; analogy, analogicalness; correspondence, homoiousia, parity.

Connaturalness, connaturality; brotherhood, family likeness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Likeness

English words defined with "likeness": AssemblanceBeyond comparison, BleeDeifical, Deiformity, dissimilitudeHomoeomeriaIconize, Identikit, Identikit picture, interpret-lymirror image, MonerulaPara-, portrait, portrayalreflection, reflexion, represent, Representance, Resemblingly, Retraitscrutinise, scrutinize, Semblable, Semble, Similative, size up, spitting imagetake stockunlikeness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "likeness": Baptism of ChristChalk and Cheese, coefficient of racial likenessdiagnosis castGOOSEBERRY WIGIthuriel's SpearPictures, PURSER'S PUMPQueen's Heads, QUICK SKETCH ARTISTRELIGIOUS PAINTERSQUAB, study cast. (references)
Etymologies containing "likeness": BildsteinRepresentanceSimilative. (references)

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Modern Usage: Likeness

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Likeness of the Night (1921)

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Commercial Usage: Likeness

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

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Photo Album: Likeness

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Portrait in oils, by an unidentified artist, depicting the subject as a relatively young man. The identification of this portrait as a likeness of John Barry is somewhat uncertain.Credit: NAVY.

Gold coins, bearing the likeness of Philip of Macedonia.Credit: Library of Congress.

Our Saviour from the only authentic likeness of our Saviour cut on an emerald by command of Tiberius Caesar ... / / engraved by John Sartain, Phila.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Familiar Quotations: Likeness

AuthorQuotation

Plato

The greatest penalty of evildoing -- namely, to grow in to the likeness of bad me.

Thomas Fuller

Likeness begets Love; yet proud Men hate one another.

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Use in Literature: Likeness

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I almost long to attempt her likeness myself.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Likeness

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Korea

The KWP has a special regulation protecting the images of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. All citizens are required by this regulation to protect from damage any likeness of the two Kims. (references)

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Speeches: Likeness

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817The best praise for this officer and his intrepid comrades is in the likeness of his triumph to the illustrious victory which immortalized another officer and established at a critical moment our command of another lake.

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Usage Frequency: Likeness

"Likeness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Likeness" is used about 249 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%24918,850

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Expressions: Likeness

Expressions using "likeness": a distant likeness bear a likeness to catch a likeness coefficient of racial likeness faithful likeness family likeness have one's likeness taken hit off a likeness in the likeness of perfect likeness speaking likeness. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "likeness": christ-likeness, god-likeness.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Likeness

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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  being likeness unbearable

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  likeness

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  likeness quiz

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Modern Translations: Likeness

Language Translations for "likeness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

paraqitje (adduction, demonstration, designation, display, face, figure, guise, introduction, make, manifestation, portrayal, preferment, presence, presentation, production, profile, recommendation, representation, showing, smartness, statement, submission), pamje (air, aspect, face, landscape, look, make, mien, mode, outlook, outside, physiognomy, presence, prospect, rig, scene, scenery, semblance, shape, sight, spectacle, view, visage, vista), ngjasim (resemblance, saneness, semblance, similarity, similitude), ngjashmëri (analogy, correspondence, identity, image, kinship, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), gjasim (affinity, identity, resemblance, sameness, similarity). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مظهر خارجي (appearance, color, colour, face, front, outside, physiognomy, semblance, show), ‏تماثل (community, homogeneity, identification, identify, identity, like, oneness, resemble, sameness, self identification, similarity, symmetry, sympathize, uniformity), ‏تشابه (bear, correspondence, like, look alike, parity, propinquity, resemblance, resemble, similarity), ‏رسم زيتي, ‏شكل (accentuate, boil, cast, categorize, comprise, constitute, dot, fashion, form, formalize, format, frame, guise, make, modality, mode, model, mold, mould, punctuate, put together, semblance, shape, sort, style, trace, vocalize, way), ‏شبه (affinity, assimilate, compare, comparison, feature, imagine, like, liken, parallelism, propinquity, quasi-, resemblance, resemble, resole, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude, take after). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сходство (affinity, agreement, analogy, comparison, congeniality, congruence, convergence, resemblance, sameness, similarity), вид (air, appearance, aspect, blush, breed, cast, clan, class, complexion, demeanor, demeanour, description, form, genre, genus, grade, guise, kidney, kind, look, manner, mien, mode, nature, order, persuasion, presence, race, shape, show, similitude, sort, species, strain, stripe, style, taxon, type, variety, view), образ (effigy, face, figure, form, guise, idol, image, obverse, picture, representation, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, type, visage), прилика (affinity, conformity, kindred, kinship, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, similarity, similitude), портрет (effigy, figure work, picture, portrait, portraiture), подобие (analogue, analogy, effigy, parity, portrait, propinquity, replica, semblance, shadow, similarity, similitude, simulacrum). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

相像. (various references)

   

Czech

  

podoba (form, guise, image, resemblance, semblance, shape). (various references)

   

Danish

  

koefficient for racelighed (coefficient of racial likeness). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

coëfficiënt van raciale gelijkenis (coefficient of racial likeness). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیکر (Effigy, Figure, Statue), همانندی (Analogy, Likelihoood, Resemblance), تصویر (Form, Hue, Image, Picture, Portrait, Scenography, Vignette), شکل (Configuration, Figure, Form, Gravure, Hue, Image, Medal, Rank, Schema, Shape, Vignette), شبیه (Alike, Equal, Like, Make, Medal, Quasi, Rival, Similar, Simile), شباهت (Analog, Analogue, Analogy, Equality, Propinquity, Proportion, Resemblance, Semblance). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

näköisyys, muotokuva (portrait). (various references)

   

French

  

ressemblance, portrait, forme, apparence. (various references)

   

German

  

ähnlichkeit (affinity, closeness, conformity, parallelism, resemblance, similarity, similitude). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ομοιότησ (resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude), ομοιότητα (closeness, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תמונה (image, painting, picture), דמיון (correspondence, fancy, fantasy, imagination, like, resemblance, semblance, similarity), דמוי (comparison, imagery, like, resemblance, simile, similitude, simulation), דמות (character, figure, form, guise, ikon, image, model, shape), דיוקן (image, portrait, profile), צלם (form, idol, image, semblance), סמל (badge, crest, device, emblem, image, sign, symbol, token). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

látszat (appearance, facade, gloss, guise, likelihood, make-believe, mockery, outside, presentment, pretence, pretense, semblance, shell), hasonlóság (analogy, conformity, parallelism, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude). (various references)

   

Italian

  

somiglianza (analogy, resemblance, similarity), similitudine (simile, similitude), ritratto (picture, portrait, portraiture), rassomiglianza (resemblance). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

似顔絵 (portrait), 似顔画 (portrait), 似顔 (portrait). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

にがおえ (portrait), にがお (portrait). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

비슷함. (various references)

   

Manx

  

tuarystal (appearance, model, picture, portrayal, resemblance, shape, similitude, simulacrum). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

likhet (equality, resemblance, similarity). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ikenesslay

   

Portuguese

  

tornar semelhante, similitude (identikit, similitude), semelhança (affinity, community, identikit, Park, portrait, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude), semblante (aspect, countenance, face, identity, mien, sight, view), retrato (double, image, photo, picture, portrait, portray, portrayal, representation, resemblance, semblance, still), imagem (diagram, figure, form, guest-card, idol, image, mirror, model, niche, picture, portrait, print, representation, resemblance, semblance, simulacrum). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

portret (icon, picture, portrait, portraiture, resemblance), imagine (frame, icon, idea, idol, image, picture, portrait, representation, shape), formã (appearance, block, cast, condition, configuration, conformation, conventionality, cut, external, fashion, fig, figuration, figure, form, format, guise, make, Mold, mould, pattypan, semblance, shape, size, structure), chip (air, appearance, aspect, countenance, course, effigy, face, form, icon, image, look, manner, patina, shape, similitude, Snoot, sort, spit, way, wise), asemãnare (approach, comparison, congeniality, image, kindred, parallel, parallelism, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude), analogie (analogy, levelling, parallel, parallelism, parity, similarity), înfãţişare (air, appearance, aspect, behavior, behaviour, cast, countenance, dash, description, face, figuration, figure, form, get, guise, hearing, lay, look, manner, mien, patina, physiognomy, presentation, representation, semblance, shape, similitude). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обличье, портрет (effigy, picture, portraiture). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

samhladh (resemblance), samhail , samhuil, samhail (copy, image), riochd (appearance, form, state), coltas (appearance, aspect, likelihood, look, sight, view). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sličnost (kinship, resemblance, semblance, similarity, similitude, uniformity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

semejanza (resemblance, semblance, similarity). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

likhet (affinity, conformity, equality, identity, kindred, kinship, resemblance, similarity, similitude). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ความเหมือนกัน (identity), ภาพเหมือน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

resim (drawing, dues, effigy, figure, illustration, image, painting, photo, pictorial, picture, tablature, tableau, tax), kopya (carbon copy, copy, crib, cribbing, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, exemplar, facsimile, image, manifold, printing out, repetition, replica, replication, repro, spit, tracing, transcript, transcription, trot), benzerlik (affinity, analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, identity, kinship, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude), benzeme (kindred, mimesis, mimicry, simulation). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

meсzeзlik (resemblance 2, similarity). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

схожість (affinity, analogy, appetency, comparison, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), фотографія (photo, photog, photogene, photogram, photograph, photography, picture, smudge), портрет (depiction, portrait, portraiture), подібність (analogy, comparison, kinship, resemblance, similarity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính chất giống, sự giống (similitude), người giống như tạc. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

tebygrwydd (affinity, resemblance), cyffelybrwydd (similarity), cyffelybiaeth. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Likeness

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

nu. (various references)

Greek700 BCE-300 CE

eikon. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

effigie, effigiem, effigies, imagine, imaginem, imagines, imagini, imaginis, imago, instar, similitudine, similitudinem, similitudines, similitudini, similitudinis, similitudo, simulacra, simulacris, simulacrisque, simulacro, simulacrorum, simulacrum, visio. (various references)

Avestan200-600

upamanahe. (various references)

Old French900-1400

semblance, semblant. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Likeness

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 5, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAuth h bibloV genesewV anqrwpwn h hmera epoihsen o qeoV ton adam kat' eikona qeou epoihsen auton
Latin405VulgateHic est liber generationis Adam in die qua creavit Deus hominem ad similitudinem Dei fecit illum
Old English990West SaxonÞis his seo boc Adames mægrace: on þone dæg, þe God gesceop man, to Godes gelicnesse he geworhte hine.
Middle English1395WyclifThis is the boke of the generacioun of Adam, in the day in which God made of nouyt man. To the ymage and lyknes of God he made hym;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThys is the boke of the generacion of man In the daye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god
Jacobean English1611King JamesThis is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Victorian English1833WebsterThis is the book of the generations of Adam: In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:
Basic English1964OgdenThis is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

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Matched Bible Translations: Likeness

LanguageGenesis Chapter 5, Verse 1
CebuanoKini mao ang basahon sa mga kaliwatan ni Adam. Sa adlaw nga gibuhat sa Dios ang tawo, sa kasama sa Dios siya gibuhat niya.
Chinese亞 當 的 後 代 、 記 在 下 面 。 當   神 造 人 的 日 子 、 是 照 著 自 己 的 樣 式 造 的 、
CroatianOvo je povijest Adamova roda. Kad je Bog stvorio èovjeka, napravio ga je na priliku svoju;
DanishDette er Adams Slægtebog. Dengang Gud skabte Mennesket, gjorde han det i Guds Billede;
DutchDit is het boek van Adams geslacht. Ten dage als God den mens schiep, maakte Hij hem naar de gelijkenis Gods.
FinnishTämä on Aadamin sukuluettelo. Kun Jumala loi ihmisen, teki hän hänet Jumalan kaltaiseksi.
FrenchVoici le livre de la postérité d`Adam. Lorsque Dieu créa l`homme, il le fit à la ressemblance de Dieu.
GermanDies ist das Buch von des Menschen Geschlecht. Da Gott den Menschen schuf, machte er ihn nach dem Bilde Gottes;
HungarianEz az Ádám nemzetségének könyve. A mely napon teremté Isten az embert, Isten hasonlatosságára teremté azt.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa inilah surat anak cucu Adam. Maka pada hari dijadikan Allah akan manusia, dijadikannya atas teladan Allah.
Maori¶ Ko te pukapuka tenei o nga whakatupuranga o Arama. I te ra i hanga ai te tangata e te Atua, i hanga ia e ia kia rite ki te Atua;
NorwegianDette er boken om Adams ætt: På den dag Gud skapte mennesket, skapte han det i Guds lignelse.
PortugueseEste é o livro das gerações de Adão. No dia em que Deus criou o homem, à semelhança de Deus o fez.   
RumanianIatq cartea neamurilor lui Adam. Kn ziua cknd a fqcut Dumnezeu pe om, l -a fqcut dupq asemqnarea lui Dumnezeu.
SwedishSets släkttavla.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Likeness

Derivations

Words beginning with "likeness": likenesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "likeness": alikeness, childlikeness, gentlemanlikeness, godlikeness, lifelikeness, unlikeness. (additional references)

Words containing "likeness": alikenesses, childlikenesses, gentlemanlikenesses, godlikenesses, lifelikenesses, unlikenesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Likeness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lackness, Lewkenors, limenios. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Likeness"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "likeness" (pronounced lī"knus)
4-k n u sblackness, bleakness, darkness, frankness, homesickness, quickness, sickness, slackness, starkness, thickness, uniqueness, weakness.
3-n u sabruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.

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Anagrams: Likeness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-k-l-n-s-s"

-1 letter: enisles, ensiles, enskies, inkless, kineses, seniles.

-2 letters: enisle, ensile, inkles, kneels, lenses, lessen, likens, seines, senile, silken, skeens, skeins, skenes, sleeks, slinks.

-3 letters: inkle, isles, keels, keens, kilns, kines, kneel, knees, leeks, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, liken, likes, lines, links, seeks, seels, seine, seise, sense, sikes, silks, sines, sinks, skeen, skees, skein, skene.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-k-l-n-s-s"
 

+1 letter: alikeness, leakiness.

 

+2 letters: fickleness, likenesses, silkscreen, unlikeness, weakliness.

 

+3 letters: alikenesses, balkinesses, besprinkles, bulkinesses, flakinesses, godlikeness, lankinesses, larkinesses, leakinesses, likableness, luckinesses, milkinesses, silkinesses, silkscreens, skeletonise, slickenside, slicknesses, sulkinesses, talkinesses, telekineses, telekinesis.

 

+4 letters: businesslike, ficklenesses, folksinesses, kindlinesses, kinglinesses, klutzinesses, lifelikeness, lovesickness, newsweeklies, pluckinesses, sicklinesses, skeletonised, skeletonises, skeletonizes, skillessness, slickensides, slinkinesses, steelmakings, unlikeliness, unlikenesses, weaklinesses.

 

+5 letters: childlikeness, folkishnesses, glockenspiels, godlikenesses, kinesiologies, lickerishness, likablenesses, marlinespikes, misknowledges, pricklinesses, skeletonising, skeletonizers, statesmanlike, talkativeness, thinkableness, unluckinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Likeness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 69 6B 65 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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