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

Rhymes with MIRROR IMAGE

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

mirror image

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of MIRROR IMAGE

: 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