LOOK-ALIKES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

look-alikes

noun

plural of look-alike

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes, but a comparison of their innards tells a different story

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Recent Examples of look-alikes Crocs’ attorneys say Five Below kept selling Crocs look-alikes and accessories even after being notified this March of their trademark, patent, and intellectual property infringement. — Erin McCarthy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 These look-alikes are subspecies of the Boletus genus, which means they’re related to the porcini, or king bolete, mushroom. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026 The band quits when the director releases a swarm of bees onto the set (the original clip featured dogs), only to be replaced by look-alikes. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 In Palm Springs, about two hours away, a convocation of Marilyn look-alikes was held under the Marilyn Monroe statue on May 31 just before her June 1st birthday. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 SpaceX and Amazon have become structural look-alikes, increasingly competing for the same profit pools in cloud computing, AI infrastructure, and satellite connectivity. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Today’s great photo is from Times photographer Christina House at a gathering of Marilyn Monroe look-alikes in downtown Palm Springs over the weekend in honor of what would have been the Hollywood icon’s 100th birthday. — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Some of the celebrities look-alikes he’s already seen include Tia and Tamera Mowry, MGK, Shedeur Sanders and more. — Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026 Once inside, the possum apparently found a cozy spot among its plush look-alikes and settled in. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Stone, in a royal blue skirt suit, posed for pictures before stopping to chat happily with the Haim sisters, with Este Haim breaking into song.

— Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Messi posted on social media pictures of him arriving to join the national team for the last time and his final training sessions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

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
My main issue with these beloved and mostly innocuous $16 drinking glasses is less about their design and more about their never-ending trail of replicas.

— Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

Last winter, an Appalachian folk musician named Murphy Campbell discovered that her videos on YouTube had been used to create AI clones of her voice and banjo playing.

— David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 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 clones

Noun

The hotel plays up its proximity to ACL Live, with framed photographs of the show and an Austin City Limits coffee table book of images captured by the same photographer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Some Russian online media late Tuesday also posted the images.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Their counterparts in Neon kept their Palme d’Or streak alive with Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, a drama about religious Romanians clashing with Nordic liberalism.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Tucked away in the West Village, actor Julianne Moore doesn’t seem to live like her Hollywood counterparts.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

Lined with portraits of tango legends on the wall, the space feels beautifully preserved.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

Finally, under Performance, the photo cleaner offered to free up storage space by deleting duplicate photos and photos that, while not exact duplicates, are very similar.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
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

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