semblance

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading (Freq. 1)
- he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
- he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
- the situation soon took on a different color
• Syn:
gloss, color, colour
• Derivationally related forms:
gloss (for: gloss)
• Hypernyms:
appearance, visual aspect
• Hyponyms:
color of law, colour of law, simulacrum, face value, guise,
pretense, pretence, pretext, disguise, camouflage, verisimilitude
2. an erroneous mental representation
• Syn:
illusion
• Derivationally related forms:
illusional (for: illusion)
• Hypernyms:
appearance
• Hyponyms:
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm,
shadow, irradiation, phantom limb
3. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
• Syn:
likeness
• Hypernyms:
picture, image, icon, ikon
• Hyponyms:
Identikit, Identikit picture, portrait, portrayal

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  likeness, illusion, gloss, color, colour