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 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 What makes the ad special, however, is the bizarre bit of public performance art that preceded it and the look-alikes tailgate the company threw in San Francisco just hours before the big game. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026 Celebrity look-alikes have been around for decades, from Elvis tribute acts to pseudo-Marilyn Monroes. — Amanda Montell, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026 Eminem has even filled his sets with look-alikes, from the MTV VMAs in the 2000s to the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The training session ended with players signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.

— Zuri Primos July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
There were also pictures circulated of Wells at a pool party, which was rumored to be the last place he was seen on July 4, but in fact had been taken the weekend before his disappearance, as Rolling Stone reported.

— Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

So, when these replicas replace an emotion as deep and universal as mourning, the emotional landscape of the human being changes.

— Gaia Alari, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Some of the deals have pages of guardrails and approval rights, setting down boundaries for any future use of these replicas.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

About 60% of SMA cases are Type 1, which Nelson’s twins have, Cleveland Clinic explains.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
The twins’ father said a rescuer told him that the boys, along with their grandmother, had been pulled alive from the rubble of the OPP 25 tower in La Guaira.

— Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Its concluding images emphasise a clichéd concept of motherhood, as though to put a neat bow on what was in fact a more complex story of trust, patience and everyday courage.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 15 July 2026
Van Hoytema fills the giant frame with imposing images shot in evocative international locations, grand and powerful in scale.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Placing a human in a tank or plane makes these vehicles larger, more easily trackable, and trickier to deploy than their unmanned counterparts.

— Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
Nor are their higher-budget counterparts, such as superhero flicks and Disney’s live-action retreads of its own catalog, both of which spent much of this century eclipsing box office records.

— Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

Definition of counterparts

Noun

During a visit in March, the two-room space served as the temporary home to Thames’s latest beaded curtain portraits of notable Black luminaries, which lay on tables awaiting completion.

— Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
For folks who still want meaningful photos, consider having a few larger portraits professionally framed.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 16 July 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

There’s been potential discrepancies and a few ballots the machines have declined, but the board has unanimously voted to just make duplicates of those ballots with the same result, appeasing the tabulators.

— Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
One-click cleanup tools automatically identify unnecessary duplicates while keeping important files protected.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of duplicates

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