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Definition of semblance : 1. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
2. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

Synonyms:

people of color, hint, shade, affinity, relation, glossary, dash, fantasy, magic, fancy, parity, delusion, color, cloak, coloring, masquerade, whisper, veil, coloration, big, suspicion, vividness, conjuration, tinge, hair, colour, colouring material, simile, shadow, polish, put-on, colouring, coloring material, magic trick, legerdemain, trick, breath, veneer, illusion, mask, taste, disguise, intimation, rubric, pretense, coincidence, glossiness, head game, proportion, whiff, phantasy, suggestion, disguisement, ghost, whisker, cover, pretext, front, people of colour, conjuring trick, show, streak, burnish, gloss, comparison, window-dressing, thaumaturgy, touch, face, trace, false colors, colouration, deception

guise, appearance, study at appearance

closeness, analog, similarity, likeness, sameness, match, analogy, resemblance, imitation, alikeness, similitude

alike, twin, comparable, resembling, ersatz, imitative, uniform, similar, like, such, akin, analogous, close

Usage examples:

• Besides, their blotty- looking outlines bore no semblance to the form of a horse. - "The Border Boys Across the Frontier", Fremont B. Deering.
• Some statements made and published by Robert Calef not long subsequent to 1692, wear on their surface the semblance of impeachments, or at least of questionings of the value of Tituba's testimony. - "Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism", Allen Putnam.
• Esther and Mrs. Ashton had been trying to keep up a semblance of cheerfulness during dinner, but Betty had refused to make any such effort. - "The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas", Margaret Vandercook.