likeness
like.ness n 1: the quality or state of being like : RESEMBLANCE 2:
APPEARANCE, SEMBLANCE 3: COPY, PORTRAIT , AFFINITY: LIKENESS implies a
closer correspondence than SIMILARITY which often implies that two things
are merely somewhat alike; RESEMBLANCE implies similarity chiefly in
appearance or external qualities; SIMILITUDE applies chiefly to the
abstract idea of likeness; ANALOGY implies likeness or parallelism in
relations rather than in appearance or qualities; AFFINITY suggests a cause
such as kinship or experiences or influences in common accountable for the
similarity SYN syn SIMILARITY, RESEMBLANCE, SIMILITUDE, ANALOGY