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

No foreign or slang words or terms, or phonetic spellings or mirror images of words or terms that fall into any of the previous categories. —Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025

Glossy water trails in the swamp mirror images of the wildflowers and trees on its banks. —Sheeka Sanahori, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025

Both even share the same chunky sole unit, and the lines on the two uppers are near mirror images of each other. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025

There was no better summation of the fourth-quarter miracle that unfolded on Sunday, by mirror image, than the Broncos’ game-winning drive in the fourth quarter. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025

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