MIRROR IMAGE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

mirror image

noun

Definition of mirror image

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something or someone that strongly resembles another looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier

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Recent Examples of mirror image Minutes after the break, midfielder Ryan Gravenberch made an underlapping run beyond Summerville to burst beyond Japan’s defence and whip a ball across the face of goal — a mirror image of Van de Ven’s positive contribution in the first half. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 15 June 2026 Modern China presents a kind of mirror image to post-WWI France. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 19 May 2026 Also, the two opposing narratives were mirror images of each other in volume and posting cadence, suggesting that the same culprit may have been amplifying both sides of the fight. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026 This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mirror image

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Noun

Andrew Tate faces 42 charges, including rape, human trafficking, indecent images of a child and assault, according to the UK Crown Prosecution Service and Bedfordshire Police.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of image

Noun

The Couture actress-producer shares her six children — Maddox, 24, Pax, 22, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20, and the twins — with ex Brad Pitt.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
The case has drawn attention because the woman, Andrea Shaw, has publicly blamed vaccines for the twins’ deaths.

— Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 July 2026

Definition of twin

Noun

Not far away lay a replica Viking longship, a smaller version of the vessel used by their spiritual and ancestral kin to explore and raid from North America to North Africa a millennium earlier.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
He was later fished out — and a replica was installed on White House grounds.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026

Definition of replica

Noun

Before the incident, he was seen on video standing beside his grandchild, about 100 yards or so from where the bison was initially lying on the ground, snapping pictures with his phone.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

Definition of picture

Noun

The ensemble drama traces the unpredictable shape of grief and family dynamics, aiming for an emotionally candid portrait of loss and the ties that hold communities together.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 July 2026
The trove of artworks includes a mixed-media drawing by Nicole Eisenman, 1960s works by Lee Friedlander and a self portrait made by the artist, DJ, and poet Juliana Huxtable.

— News Desk, Artforum, 16 July 2026

Definition of portrait

Noun

Some have been coming here since the 2010 World Cup, and their steady presence and exhaustive supplies of duplicates have established this as the place to go.

— Maria Jose Gutierrez-Chavez, Curbed, 17 July 2026
The Justice Department has said half of the roughly 6 million pages of records collected during its investigation would be released, arguing many remaining documents are duplicates, unrelated to Epstein or protected by legal privilege.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

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