REPLICAS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

replicas

noun

plural of replica

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another filled with the usual chain stores, the new mall is a too-familiar replica of hundreds of other malls

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as in reproductions

something that is made to look exactly like something else assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner

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Recent Examples of replicas Coordinating updates across replicas increases communication overhead. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026 As part of the model’s Halloween costume, her engagement ring was stacked with replicas of her gold and diamond infinity wedding bands. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026 In this way, the replicas are imbued with the modern events tied to their materials. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 The conversation then shifted to the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence and digital replicas on traditional content creation models. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Rights, approvals and protections for digital replicas, voice, likeness and content now have to be addressed up front, not as an afterthought. — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 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

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Noun

Kneeland said the photographs have become popular backdrops for customers taking pictures.

— J.M. Banks November 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Rising stars from The Body stuck together, even snapping pictures in front of their nearby billboard.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Black-and-white reproductions of historic expedition photos accent hallways and suites.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproductions

Noun

Mobile service vehicles for the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office feature jumbo images of Tax Collector Dariel Fernandez, a Republican who was also elected in 2024.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
But as far as photographing on the street, [those images] are marked by a certain distance from people or solitary figures in a vast landscape, that sort of thing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

The book—a juicy look at the inner workings of foreign-policymaking—was a hit, selling more than sixty thousand copies of its first edition.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026
Following your surgery, keep copies of your treatment plan, consent forms, prescriptions, payment records and aftercare instructions.

— Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of copies

Noun

If the original creators get paid, there's much less reason to take issue with clones.

— Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of clones

Noun

At the center of the system is Mundo, which converts photographs of hotel rooms, corridors, and laundry facilities into interactive digital twins.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
Four years after Rolnick was illegally taken from his mother’s arms, his brothers, twins Travis and Chris, suffered the same fate and were also adopted by an American couple.

— Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Comic portraits, cruel melodrama and humane charity of heartbreaking tenderness explode onto the teeming streets of Victorian London.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Rain fell as families wept beside the coffins, and officers held portraits of their fallen colleagues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

The new volume includes valuable findings alongside duplicates, unverifiable submissions and reports lacking enough depth to act on.

— Ido Geffen, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Out of the 20,000 names on the list, only 7,035 had addresses in Los Angeles County and some were duplicates, according to a separate Tuesday court filing by Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

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