IDENTICAL TWINS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

identical twins

noun

plural of identical twin

as in doubles

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Noun

Turang also hit a pair of doubles for the Brewers, who earned their 101st win of the season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
Each match features four singles sets and a mixed doubles Supertiebreaker.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of doubles

Noun

Harrelson and McConaughey’s fictional wives, played by Brittany Ishibashi and Natalie Martinez, respectively, roughly align with their real-world equivalents in physical appearance.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Apptivo's and Zoho CRM's equivalents, respectively, cost $15 and $14 per user per month, billed annually.

— Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of equivalents

Noun

The list of candidates for the top prize duplicates last year’s roster of EOTY nominees, with the exception of Langley taking the spot that went to Morgan Wallen in 2024.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Objectors also allege some petition sheets were copies, duplicates or did not apply to the specified referendum.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of duplicates

Noun

The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Foreign Tongues was built around leftover material from the Hackney Diamonds sessions, and the two albums are such mirror images of one another that they may as well have been released together, Use Your Illusion-style.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

Definition of mirror images

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While the new country’s first decade set the stage for violent conflict, there was a time when the societies were learning from each other, shaping each other, and negotiating as near equals.

— Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
In this way, Rovelli recognizes them as the equals of Plato, Aristotle and others in their ability to penetrate difficult questions of reality but doing so from a different perspective.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of equals

Noun

Their resemblance is uncanny; near carbon copies, some thirty years apart.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
The matches — admittedly played in much less friendly environments than Monday – were almost carbon copies of the Americans’ loss to Belgium.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of carbon copies

Noun

Bank of America announced this morning a new Payments Insights capability, part of CashPro, that analyzes payment efficiency, cross-border flows and working-capital performance and compares a company’s results with industry peers.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
The region also earns an F for disconnected communities, with 21% of workers commuting 45 minutes or more, and the longest average commute among its peers at 30 minutes.

— Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

But perhaps more than the physical similarities between the products and the menu, Charlotte Palermino, cofounder and chief brand officer of Dieux, was drawn to the message and motivation behind Fishwife.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Cruise also can’t stop bringing up his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman, who does seem to bare some similarities to Digger in that both are prosthetics-laden olden men with bombastic personalities.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

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