Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to resemble
Participle: resembled
Gerund: resembling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | resemble |
| you | resemble |
| he;she;it | resembles |
| we | resemble |
| you | resemble |
| they | resemble |
Perfect
| I | have resembled |
| you | have resembled |
| he;she;it | has resembled |
| we | have resembled |
| you | have resembled |
| they | have resembled |
Past
| I | resembled |
| you | resembled |
| he;she;it | resembled |
| we | resembled |
| you | resembled |
| they | resembled |
Pluperfect
| I | had resembled |
| you | had resembled |
| he;she;it | had resembled |
| we | had resembled |
| you | had resembled |
| they | had resembled |
Future
| I | will resemble |
| you | will resemble |
| he;she;it | will resemble |
| we | will resemble |
| you | will resemble |
| they | will resemble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have resembled |
| you | will have resembled |
| he;she;it | will have resembled |
| we | will have resembled |
| you | will have resembled |
| they | will have resembled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | resemble |
| you | resemble |
| he;she;it | resemble |
| we | resemble |
| you | resemble |
| they | resemble |
Perfect
| I | have resembled |
| you | have resembled |
| he;she;it | have resembled |
| we | have resembled |
| you | have resembled |
| they | have resembled |
Imperfect
| I | resembled |
| you | resembled |
| he;she;it | resembled |
| we | resembled |
| you | resembled |
| they | resembled |
Pluperfect
| I | had resembled |
| you | had resembled |
| he;she;it | had resembled |
| we | had resembled |
| you | had resembled |
| they | had resembled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would resemble |
| you | would resemble |
| he;she;it | would resemble |
| we | would resemble |
| you | would resemble |
| they | would resemble |
Perfect
| I | would have resembled |
| you | would have resembled |
| he;she;it | would have resembled |
| we | would have resembled |
| you | would have resembled |
| they | would have resembled |
Imperative
| you | resemble |
| we | Let's resemble |
| you | resemble |
Verbs conjugated like 'resemble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'resemble'
assemble,
ensemble,
reassemble,
rejumble,
remble,
remembre,
resample,
resettle,
restable,
semble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be similar to something
- look like, smack of
- approximate
- correspond, relate, coincide, simulate, parallel, feature, favor
Antonyms
- to be similar to something
- connaturalize, differ, normalize, standardise
- To cause a resemblance.
- assimilate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, from O.Fr.
resembler (12c.), from
re-, intensive prefix, +
sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from L.
simulare "to copy."
2. From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble. See: Anglo-Norman '
resembler'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] conversation, and how astoundingly gay everybody was: the forced spirits of each member of the little party having as much likeness to his natural mirth, as hot-house peas at five guineas the quart, resemble in flavour the growth of the dews, and air, and rain of Heaven. But as one o’clock, the hour for going aboard, drew near, this volubility dwindled away by little and little, despite the most [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Shaker, male and female, is devoted to a life of celibacy. Rumour has been busy upon this theme, but here again I must refer to the lady of the store, and say, that if many of the sister Shakers resemble her, I treat all such slander as bearing on its face the strongest marks of wild improbability. But that they take as proselytes, persons so young that they cannot know their own minds, and cannot [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ My brother and I were twins; and they say, you know, that twins ought to resemble each other; but we were in all points a contrast. He had black, fiery eyes, coal-black hair, a strong, fine Roman profile, and a rich brown complexion. I had blue eyes, golden hair, a Greek outline, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)