resemble B1 Topic:Senses & Perception US /ɹɪˈzembəl/ UK /ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ See IPA manual Freq #12312 Meanings 1 verb To look like or be similar to someone or something. The twins resemble each other so closely that I can't tell them apart. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to look like or be similar... favorrecall More duplicatemirror ↔ Opposites assimilateconnaturalizediffernormalizestandardise Word family Forms resembledresemblesresembling Derived forms resemblanceresemblinglyunresemble Etymology AI details From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble. *sem- Proto-Indo-European resemblen Middle English resembler xno View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # resemble **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈzembəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ **Frequency rank:** 12312 ## Meanings 1. To look like or be similar to someone or something. ## Examples - The twins resemble each other so closely that I can't tell them apart. ## Synonyms - duplicate - mirror ## Antonyms - assimilate - connaturalize - differ - normalize - standardise ## Derived Forms - resemblance - resemblingly - unresemble ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sem- - Root: resemblen - Root: resembler ## Etymology From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble. ## AI Etymology Resemble comes from Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble. Modern senses include to look like or be similar to someone or something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as resemblance, resemblingly, and unresemble. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown