Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Semblance /sĕm'-bləns/ · Sem·blance · IPA /ˈsɛmblən(t)s/ 01 n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. “Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.” — Fairfax. 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. “Only semblances or imitations of shells.” — Woodward.