Definitions for semblance

semblance sem·blance

Spelling: [sem-bluh ns]
IPA: /ˈsɛm bləns/

Semblance is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 492 anagrams from letters in semblance (abceelmns).

Definitions for semblance

noun

  1. outward aspect or appearance.
  2. an assumed or unreal appearance; show.
  3. the slightest appearance or trace.
  4. a likeness, image, or copy.
  5. a spectral appearance; apparition.

Origin of semblance

1250-1300; Middle English Middle French, equivalent to sembl(er) to seem (see resemble) + -ance -ance

Examples for semblance

The yards, taken as a whole, have some semblance to a real garden.

We shall have him,' he cried, ridding himself of the semblance as hastily as he had assumed it.

And it was clear we would not even maintain a semblance of friendship.

Still, amid the uncertainty the residents of Bab al-Salameh do their best to carve a semblance of order into their lives.

The semblance of a trial followed; he was condemned and transported to Cayenne.

It took months, she said, for any semblance of normality to take root.

And any semblance of normality that had previously existed seemed to have evaporated.

It was merely a semblance, which effaced itself; the vanishing of an illusion.

The lawyer, therefore, leaned forward with a semblance of frank eagerness.

First, the Neesonesque action hero must convey some semblance of hard-earned depth, which helps older viewers identify.

Word Value for semblance
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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