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

Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
The men appear to have developed a close relationship and often share pictures together on their socials, including posing together at the 2021 Los Angeles premiere of the Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back (see above).

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

Stand runs computational fluid dynamics, physics models built on top of digital twins.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
The show plays with some clever concepts, particularly in its visual presentation; as the simulation scenarios pile up, so do Vision clones until a dozen exhausted, exasperated Bettanys all collapse on a hotel floor.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of clones

Noun

His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Even after the setback, young households remained wealthier than their counterparts were before the pandemic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
In more recent times, moreover, the first steps taken by the Third Reich toward the Holocaust began with the economic boycott of the Jews, who were accused of harming the businesses and positions of their Aryan counterparts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

Inspired by archival photographs of alpine pioneer and early Moncler collaborator Lionel Terray, each is captured in bold portraits wearing reimagined versions of signature Moncler outerwear and accessories.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Then, Nourry sculpted their portraits using her free interpretations.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

Another 258 entries were duplicates, with the same unauthorized videos reported multiple times.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
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

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