"semblance" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
subtypes:
- color of law, colour of law - a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law
- simulacrum - an insubstantial or vague semblance
- face value - the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
- guise, pretence, pretense, pretext - an artful or simulated semblance
- camouflage, disguise - an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- verisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
same as: color, colour, gloss
is a type of: appearance - a mental representation
subtypes:
- apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow - something existing in perception only
- irradiation - the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
- phantom limb - the illusion that a limb still exists after it has been amputated
same as: illusion
is a type of: icon, ikon, image, picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
subtypes:
- identikit, identikit picture - a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
- portrait, portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium
same as: likeness