semblance

Nouns

  • (n) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
    • 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
    gloss, color, colour,
  • (n) an erroneous mental representation illusion,
  • (n) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing likeness,

Synonyms

gloss color colour illusion likeness

Words of close approximity