Entry Word: image

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 something or someone that strongly resembles another <the girl is growing up to be the perfect image of her mother>

Synonyms carbon copy, counterpart, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, likeness, match, picture, replica, ringer, spit

Related Words effigy, portrait, portrayal; companion, counterpart, fellow, mate; equal, equivalent, identical twin; analogue (or analog), parallel

Near Antonyms antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse

2 a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing <drew an image of a bird> — see picture 1
3 something imagined or pictured in the mind <a sentimental visit to her childhood home to see if it matched her mental image of the place> — see idea