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

Jen Kim, a company representative, scanned a visitor's face three times, divided it into six regions and measured the volume of each against its mirror image. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Indeed, Falwell and other Moral Majority stalwarts framed their efforts as a mirror image of the left’s own playbook from the 1960s and ’70s. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026

The Materialists actress looked like the mirror image of her mom at Teen Vogue’s Young Hollywood party in 2004. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

The commerce of these images and goods might seem to reflect our identities as a mirror image of our affinities. — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 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