Likeness is an English word with synonyms like icon or image. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Likeness meaning
- The state or quality of being like or alike.
- Appearance or form; guise.
- That which closely resembles; a portrait.
Synonyms of Likeness
Using Likeness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being like or alike. | Appearance or form; guise. | That which closely resembles; a portrait.
- Useful related words include: alikeness, icon, image, picture.
- In the example corpus, likeness often appears in combinations such as: and likeness, likeness of, the likeness.
Context around Likeness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Likeness
- In this selection, "likeness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, probable, name, physical, voice, actually and money stand out and add context to how "likeness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a crocheted likeness of the and appealing physical likeness actually works. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "likeness" sits close to words such as acl, auctions and blackmail, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with likeness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Current Canadian money bearing the likeness of Elizabeth II will remain legal tender. (13 words)
Becky was introduced in 1997, and there were three dolls made in her likeness. (14 words)
He also referred to the custom can of Bud Light bearing Mulvaney’s likeness. (14 words)
This began with the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which featured a CGI-created version of Grand Moff Tarkin in the likeness of the late Peter Cushing, as well as CGI Princess Leia in the likeness of an early-20s Carrie Fisher. (45 words)
Darya Trepova, the 26-year-old Russian woman arrested over his murder, confessed in a video released by the interior ministry that she had brought in the figurine of a likeness of Tatarsky that exploded shortly afterwards, killing him. (39 words)
His spokesperson, Steven Cheung, initially posted a video on social media celebrating Trump’s purchase of the Glock, a special “Trump edition” that had a likeness of him and the words “Trump 45th” etched on it. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
This began with the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which featured a CGI-created version of Grand Moff Tarkin in the likeness of the late Peter Cushing, as well as CGI Princess Leia in the likeness of an early-20s Carrie Fisher.
A 40 drachma coin from Alexandria that dates between 51 and 30 BC features Cleopatra’s likeness.
A composite of the victim’s probable likeness was developed by the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, but did not lead to an identification.
Another contract from April 2007 exists that was “purportedly signed by Michael Oher” in which Oher gives away his name, likeness, voice, etc. to the movie studio.
Another full circle moment is a video that flashes of Lagerfeld drawing his likeness in 2014 — as a puppet, and at the age of 6 — in lederhosen.
Becky was introduced in 1997, and there were three dolls made in her likeness.
But Gaap's choice of appealing physical likeness actually works, with Nida eventually coming around to her demonic companion.
But just as a response to you, I'm getting NIL money, name, image, and likeness money.
But unfortunately they didn't manage to create much of a likeness to Wayne Rooney at all.
But when creating a crocheted likeness of the new king, she was determined not to cause offense.
Cruz’s appearance at PNC on Saturday coincided with the team giving out thousands of bobbleheads in his likeness.
Current Canadian money bearing the likeness of Elizabeth II will remain legal tender.
Darya Trepova, the 26-year-old Russian woman arrested over his murder, confessed in a video released by the interior ministry that she had brought in the figurine of a likeness of Tatarsky that exploded shortly afterwards, killing him.
For the three-day occasion in 2017, bobblehead dolls of her likeness can be found for buy.
Getting the likeness of the individual is important, but the sculptor said capturing the subject’s personality is just as important.
He also referred to the custom can of Bud Light bearing Mulvaney’s likeness.
His spokesperson, Steven Cheung, initially posted a video on social media celebrating Trump’s purchase of the Glock, a special “Trump edition” that had a likeness of him and the words “Trump 45th” etched on it.
However, there is always a point where they take a disturbing, and creepier turn, most of the time centered around the existence of eldritch creatures called Woodcrawlers, who can mimic the likeness of human beings.
Individuals may have their likeness used without consent for various purposes, such as creating fake social media profiles, phishing attempts, or other malicious activities.
In doing so, Tuan has become the first celebrity to attach their likeness to OpenAI’s GPT integration, artificial intelligence technology that allows fans to engage in one-on-one conversations with Tuan’s avatar.
Common combinations with likeness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and likeness 47×
- likeness of 43×
- the likeness 28×
- likeness to 21×
- his likeness 18×
- her likeness 11×
- their likeness 11×
- likeness in 6×
- likeness is 6×
- likeness for 6×