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

In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Harris pointed to Harris and Gill’s healthy older child, who was also living in the home, as evidence that something else was going on with the twins.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The pathologists who examined the twins also said their causes of death were undetermined, Filicetti said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

They were never intended to be used on paintings, where two portraits of the same sitter may have major differences in style and technique.

— Karen Chernick, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Punk icon Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos shot portraits of Twisted Teens in Chicago this summer.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of portraits

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