Likeness and Parallel

Likeness

Likeness noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.
Usage example: why, you're the very likeness of your mother!

Parallel is a synonym for likeness in resemblance topic. In some cases you can use "Parallel" instead a noun "Likeness".

Nearby Words: like, liken

Parallel

Parallel noun - A point which two or more things share in common.

Likeness is a synonym for parallel in similarity topic. You can use "Likeness" instead a noun "Parallel", if it concerns topics such as resemblance, equivalent, counterpart, complement.

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

How words are described

good good likeness good parallel
physical physical likeness physical parallel
exact exact likeness exact parallel
similar similar likeness similar parallel
Other adjectives: specific, direct, perfect, obvious, interesting, deliberate, eerie, visual.

Both words in one sentence

  • Gender-Blender Name Curiously in a parallel universe, Holly's female counterpart, whose likeness he later copies, is called 'Hilly'.
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