semblancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsem.bləns/us/ˈsem.bləns/formala situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for:
The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night's celebrations.
He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come across
- come over
- face
- ostensible
- outward
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- purport
- putative
- so-called
- sound
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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