mirror image

mirror image

noun

Definition of MIRROR IMAGE

1

a : something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane b : the direct opposite

2

: image 3

Examples of MIRROR IMAGE

1. The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.
2. <looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier>

First Known Use of MIRROR IMAGE

1885

Related to MIRROR IMAGE

Synonyms: alter ego, carbon, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, likeness, look-alike, match, image, picture, replica, ringer, spit, spitting image, twin

Related Words: Chinese copy; effigy, portrait, portrayal; companion, fellow, mate; equal, equivalent; analogue (or analog), parallel

Near Antonyms: antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse

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Rhymes with MIRROR IMAGE

afterimage, father image, graven image, microimage, spitting image