LIKENESSES Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

likenesses

noun

plural of likeness

as in pictures

a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness

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something or someone that strongly resembles another why, you're the very likeness of your mother!

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Recent Examples of likenesses While there are men who have been affected — George Brett Olson has been one vocal example — the majority affected seem to be women, whose likenesses are often exaggerated or distorted for the purposes of sexualization. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 Soderbergh endorsed the Human Consent Foundation, a nonprofit cofounded by Cate Blanchett in June, that created a database where people are encouraged to register how their likenesses can or can’t be pulled by AI models. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 After a tour past mannequins in their likenesses, Manolo Blahnik slippers and mood boards, the party moved to the Versailles Orangerie, where Cartier grooms lined the alleys leading to the grandiose gallery. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Vertical actors including Ashley BeLoat and Evan Gambardella spoke to Business Insider in July about platforms allegedly using performances and likenesses from live-action microdramas in fully AI projects without human performers’ permission. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Actors in Hollywood have raised similar concerns about unauthorized use of their likenesses by AI models. — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 For the most part, those criticisms haven’t been aimed at the film’s cast — who gave Higgsfield the right to use their likenesses, but were otherwise not as directly involved in the project’s production as traditional actors would be. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2009, former UCLA star Ed O’Bannon successfully sued over the use of his and other players’ likenesses in video games that featured classic college teams. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The case was settled and ultimately helped establish new protections for actors regarding the unauthorized commercial use of their likenesses. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

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Noun

In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Inspired by archival photographs of alpine pioneer and early Moncler collaborator Lionel Terray, each is captured in bold portraits wearing reimagined versions of signature Moncler outerwear and accessories.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Then, Nourry sculpted their portraits using her free interpretations.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

But the Iran example – and particularly the ongoing episodic closures of the Strait of Hormuz – is one of the best illustrations today of how merely invoking credibility to act is not the same as having an overall endgame strategy.

— Christopher Nichols, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Getting answers requires hunting for clues scattered throughout the text; for example, looking for differences in images on the book’s website and illustrations in the book, or using certain page numbers as map coordinates.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of illustrations

Noun

Stand runs computational fluid dynamics, physics models built on top of digital twins.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Much of what’s in the movie is taken straight from Huxley, who despite the novelistic nature of his endeavor often presents real evidence alongside his creative depictions of events.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Chen initially resisted the rainbow-like chromatic aberration familiar from other screen depictions of superpowers.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of depictions

Noun

In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
The show plays with some clever concepts, particularly in its visual presentation; as the simulation scenarios pile up, so do Vision clones until a dozen exhausted, exasperated Bettanys all collapse on a hotel floor.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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