semblance

Other forms of semblance

plural

semblances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about semblance

What does semblance mean?

semblance means "an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semblance?

semblance has 2 syllables: sem-blance. The stress falls on "sem". In IPA it is /ˈsɛmbləns/.

What is another word for semblance?

Close synonyms include gloss, color, colour, illusion, likeness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is semblance a common word?

semblance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.