mirror image

noun

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 sense 4

Synonyms of mirror image

• image
• twin
• replica
• picture
• clone
• portrait
• duplicate

Examples of mirror image in a Sentence

The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.

looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier

Recent Examples on the Web

Apple Martin is a mirror image of her mom Gwyneth Paltrow, and Martin's latest photoshoot is undeniable proof. —Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026

The encampments, uptown, Dimes Square, downtown, were mirror images of Gen Z. —Malavika Kannan, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026

Honey and Finn Finnegan, who lived directly across the street in a house that was the mirror image of Nina and Sam’s colonial revival. —Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026

The most likely explanation for this mirror image pattern is mating behavior. —ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for mirror image

• scrimmage

Kids Definition

mirror image

noun

: something that has its parts joined together in much the same way as those of something else except that each part of one thing is directly opposite to the corresponding part of the other thing and located on the opposite side of, the same distance away from, and facing in the same way toward or away from an axis or plane between the two things

the two sides of an animal with bilateral symmetry are mirror images of each other

Medical Definition

mirror image

noun

: 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