DOPPELGÄNGERS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

doppelgängers

noun

variants or doppelgangers

plural of doppelgänger

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger

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Noun

But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Shortly after the Clooneys welcomed their twins in 2017, George and Rande sold their Casamigos tequila brand for $1 billion to British beverage giant Diageo.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
And James and Oliver Phelps, who played the Weasley twins in the Potter series, now serving as Cumming’s groundskeepers.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
In March, the company debuted Luma Agents, which can execute creative work across text, images, video, and audio on behalf of studios, marketing teams, and agencies.

— John Kell, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Several hang in the Musée d’Orsay, including one of his portraits of the physician who treated him, Doctor Paul Gachet.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

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