soundalike

noun

sound·​alike ˈsau̇n-də-ˌlīk How to pronounce soundalike (audio)
: one that sounds like another
soundalike adjective

Examples of soundalike in a Sentence

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By contrast, the all-new voice cast for Tales From ’85 is stuck trying to duplicate the performances that came before, though only Braxton Quinney, who plays Dustin, and sometimes Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, who plays Max, are true soundalikes. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 There are influential bands that spawn hundreds of soundalikes and then there are influential bands that spawn surprisingly few, not because their influence didn’t resonate but because their sound was so distinct, nobody quite knew how to emulate it. Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 Eric Drott, an academic whose Streaming Music, Streaming Capital Pelly cites elsewhere, also writes about the widespread use of bots, click farms, spam, and soundalikes. Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025 And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — Green group — footwear Blue group — parliamentary positions Purple group — moniker soundalikes What Are Today’s Connections Groups? Kris Holt, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 Waits won his suit even though Frito-Lay never attempted to hire the singer before casting the soundalike. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024 But OpenAI’s use of a Johannson soundalike does fit into a larger pattern of the company scraping from pop culture tentpoles in order to strengthen its products. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 21 May 2024 These characters, mostly renamed with English soundalikes, constellate pretty much as the original 10 did. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023 Or maybe even the Scream killer soundalike captions reader on TikTok. Vulture, 11 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soundalike was in 1970

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“Soundalike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soundalike. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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