looking glass

noun

: mirror

Synonyms of looking glass

• mirror

Examples of looking glass in a Sentence

always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass

Recent Examples on the Web

This wasn’t about sending the world through the looking glass, but about bringing the outside world onto the runway. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

The layer between reality and fiction within the show is porous yet defined, conjuring the peculiar experience of seeing through the looking glass. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

The design of the bottle certainly has something to do with it, a fetching, retrol-looking glass decanter with a tax strip that provides information about when the whiskey was distilled and bottled. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1526, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for looking glass

• fiberglass
• fibreglass
• hourglass
• isinglass
• lemongrass
• martinmas
• orchardgrass
• overpass
• plexiglas
• plexiglass
• sassafras
• superclass

Kids Definition

looking glass

noun

: mirror entry 1 sense 1