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

• 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

It could be considered a sign of ambivalence toward her mirror image, or the body image created through internalizing the gaze of the other. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025

Founded in 2009, eXp Realty is a mirror image of its CEO’s ambition. —Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

Some medications are based on molecules that are mirror images of natural molecules. —Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025

The artist’s approach to the duality in Till’s image is to reproduce himself with an original and a mirror image side by side. —Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 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