resemble
Verb
Verb Forms: resembled, resembling, resembles
- To be similar to or have a likeness.
- appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
- "She resembles her mother very much"
- "This paper resembles my own work"
- To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
- To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
- To counterfeit; to imitate.
- To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
Examples
- Her complex Words With Friends strategy began to resemble mine after a few rounds.
- The twins resemble each other.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
resemble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordresemble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
resemble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
resemble: valid Words With Friends Word