: one that looks like another : double
look-alike adjective

Examples of look-alike in a Sentence

at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes, but a comparison of their innards tells a different story
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This Act would have been the perfect opportunity to include all AI created look-alikes without consent, but alas, the federal bill that would do that, the NO FAKES Act, is still languishing in Congress and does not look likely to pass anytime soon. Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Eminem has even filled his sets with look-alikes, from the MTV VMAs in the 2000s to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 There are many look-alikes run by private insurance brokers. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025 Hundreds watched a look-alike contest featuring anyone — or anything from the movie, including the deer hit on Tommy and Richard’s road trip. Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for look-alike

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of look-alike was in 1935

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“Look-alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look-alike. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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