DOPPELGÄNGER Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

doppelgänger

noun

ˈdä-pəl-ˌgaŋ-ər

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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 Hall’s doppelgänger wears the Artisanal masks designed for the brand’s fall show, staged last April in Shanghai amid stacks of shipping containers. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 The second is Phillippe, doppelgänger to mom Reese Witherspoon and heir apparent to her rom-com throne. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 The double, or doppelgänger, is a recurring conceit in myth and literature. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for doppelgänger

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Noun

Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The platform, dubbed Forge Cognition, uses artificial intelligence agents and real-time digital twins to help operators improve asset reliability, energy efficiency, and occupant comfort across existing systems and facilities.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

The image is then precision-fabricated into a 3D model that’s finished by hand — all for $2,200, about the national average of an actual wedding gown.

— Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
This sort of puzzling connection between text and image is repeated throughout the exhibition.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of image

Noun

Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Moreau made a tool to measure the depth and heights of the wards, to make a replica of what the original key probably looked like.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of replica

Noun

The device captures troves of card information, which thieves later collect in order to clone cards.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone of himself that is trained on his tone and mannerisms and can answer staff questions.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of clone

Noun

During demonstrations, the researchers folded the material diagonally in opposite directions, and its digital counterpart followed the changing geometry.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
From 2021 through last season, the Knicks boasted an unfathomable 18-2 record against their Eastern Conference counterpart Washington Wizards.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterpart

Noun

Despite increasingly critical media coverage of AI and the spread of data centers across the US, one news network has been painting a more positive picture.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
This one is going to make some waves in the rankings, in the Big Ten standings, and the College Football Playoff picture.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of picture

Noun

The work, known as the Tondo of the Two Brothers, dates back to the 2nd century and belongs to a group of paintings known as the Fayum portraits.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay chose Milton Rogovin’s informal, untitled portrait of a beautiful young Buffalo woman from his East Side, 1961-63 collection.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

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