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carbon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of carbon

1 something or someone that strongly resembles another

This new digital camera is a carbon of a well-known model costing almost twice as much.

Synonyms of carbon

alter ego, carbon copy, clone, counterpart, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, image, likeness, look-alike, match, mirror image, picture, replica, ringer, spit, spitting image, twin

Words Related to carbon

effigy, portrait, portrayal

companion, fellow, mate

equal, equivalent

analogue (or analog), parallel

Near Antonyms of carbon

antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse

2 something that is made to look exactly like something else

The bell tower is a carbon of an earlier one that toppled in an earthquake.

Synonyms of carbon

carbon copy, clone, copy, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction

Words Related to carbon

counterfeit, fake, forgery, knockoff, phony (also phoney), rip-off, rubber stamp, sham

miniature, mock-up, simulation

reconstruction, re-creation

image, likeness, semblance, shadow

impression, imprint, print

approximation, reincarnation, version

extra, reserve, spare

Antonyms of carbon

archetype, original, prototype

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