DOPPELGANGER Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

doppelgänger

noun

ˈdä-pəl-ˌgaŋ-ər

variants or doppelganger

Definition of doppelgänger

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 Her Instagram followers kept pinging her, saying that her celebrity doppelganger was in her comments. — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 12 July 2026 The winner of the Nebula, Locus and Shirley Jackson prizes for her short stories is publishing her debut novel about immigration and doppelgangers this summer. — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 1 June 2026 Nonetheless, Clark feels complete kinship with his bulgy, bloody 12-foot doppelgänger. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026 Ozzy’s widow Sharon Osbourne and son Jack Osbourne revealed plans for the digital doppelganger this week at the Licensing Expo trade show in Las Vegas. — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for doppelgänger

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Noun

In the throwback snap, the twins could be seen doing a cannonball into the pool.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
However, many brands have options that range from twin to California king.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

The family snaps included a black-and-white image of a shirtless Hefner cradling the newborn, Lambropoulos Hefner introducing her daughter to their son Forrest, 3, as well as Forrest holding his baby sister, who was sweetly swaddled in pink.

— Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
After the image of Rhaenyra jumping to her own death and landing on spikes, Rhaenyra sees a depiction of her on the Iron Throne with blood streaming down from the crown on her head and surrounded by dragon flames.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of image

Noun

Depicting Washington on horseback during the Revolutionary War, the original monument has been there since 1904, and is actually a replica of one gifted to France.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Pittsburgh sculptor Brian McGuire custom designed the mold and is also working on a replica of the 1926 Central Library building.

— Juliet Bennett Rylah, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of replica

Noun

Life has beaten down Weisman’s Jake Levinson, once the radical front man of a bad Rage Against the Machine clone, into a dead-eyed nihilist.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
The clone theory has become a popular one in recent years, especially amid developments in AI and the use of holographic performers.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of clone

Noun

Junk food is an aphrodisiac here, with KFC buckets and oodles of brightly colored brand-name candy acting as culinary counterparts to the junk cinema that’s activated something in the movie’s characters and its creator.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
But the 1980 special is also darker, more bittersweet, and less fully formed — seemingly stuck in an eternal search for an origin, for a counterpart, for ground on which to build.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterpart

Noun

The researchers recovered usable DNA from 95 historical specimens spanning nearly 140 years and compared them with modern samples collected in the 2000s, and the results painted a sobering picture.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The fund would modernize the state’s 911 services to keep up with today’s technology, like allowing callers to send text messages, pictures and videos to emergency dispatchers.

— Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of picture

Noun

The period-relevant portraits lining the walls, decorative accessories, and the bed with a canopy headboard transported us to another century.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Another billboard shows what appears to be a fighter, wearing a shirt with Khamenei’s portrait on it.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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