look-alike

look–alike

noun

Definition of LOOK-ALIKE

something or someone that strongly resembles another <at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes, but a comparison of their innards tells a different story>

Synonyms alter ego, carbon, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, likeness, look-alike, match, mirror 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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