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doppelgänger

noun

ˈdä-pəl-ˌgaŋ-ər How to pronounce doppelgänger (audio)
variants or doppelganger
Definition of doppelgängernext
as in twin
something or someone that strongly resembles another at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger

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Recent Examples of doppelgänger The Stepford Wives, Solaris or, more recently, the segment in Kinds of Kindness where Emma Stone plays a woman who may or may not be a doppelganger. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Few other performers could pull off her double act, as both a caring mom and her horrific doppelgänger. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 The only similarity between the person participating in the experiment and the stranger was gender—the stranger’s face was not a doppelgänger. — Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026 Al Roker was baffled to come face to face with his doppelgänger on the Today show plaza. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doppelgänger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doppelgänger
  1. twin
  2. image
  3. replica
  4. clone
  5. counterpart
  6. picture
  7. portrait
Noun
  • On one occasion, some very skinny boys and a pair of twins formed a circle around the blood and began to sing.
    — Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • So the twin who was in space, his chromosomes got—the telomeres got altered.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of twin
Noun
  • Some are painted with a stuttering distortion, like a computer image that’s failed to fully download.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In particular, the image of the sickly, slumbering child recurs throughout Marcon’s work.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of image
Noun
  • The museum learned about the model after a video shared by Macken’s daughter featuring the replica went viral, prompting staff to reach out.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers will also create a 3-D scan of the tooth, which will be used to produce a replica.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of replica
Noun
  • Relying on human instinct to catch an AI clone is a losing strategy.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • One of the clones, Antonia, has done what her counterpart has failed to do — produce a surviving lineage of ferrets.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of clone
Noun
  • Unlike its ghost and black cat pillow counterparts, the pumpkin works as Halloween décor but is still neutral enough to keep out past October 31.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Because of the boldness of their political positions and doctrines, progressives can be seen as more charismatic than their more centrist counterparts.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of counterpart
Noun
  • But then this little picture called The Odyssey came calling for Annie.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Like all the other participants in the beginning class, Bugumba also has an artistic bent, bringing a tumbler artistically decorated with cat logos and a phone case covered with feline pictures.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of picture
Noun
  • Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Combs idolized his father, Melvin, wearing his portrait on a medallion around his neck; Christian treats his father with the same reverence.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of portrait

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“Doppelgänger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doppelg%C3%A4nger. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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