looking glass

noun

: mirror

Synonyms of looking glass

• mirror

Examples of looking glass in a Sentence

always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass

Recent Examples on the Web

As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

The design of the bottle certainly has something to do with it, a fetching, retrol-looking glass decanter with a tax strip that provides information about when the whiskey was distilled and bottled. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 June 2026

By barely making it home in time and losing what appeared to be an expensive-looking glass slipper in the process. — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Has Clark gone through a looking glass that’s going to lead him to a deliverance? — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for looking glass

• fiberglass
• fibreglass
• hourglass
• isinglass
• lemongrass
• martinmas
• orchardgrass
• overpass
• plexiglas
• plexiglass
• sassafras
• superclass

Kids Definition

looking glass

noun

: mirror entry 1 sense 1