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Synonyms & Antonyms of spitting image
something or someone that strongly resembles another
- with the help of either movie magic or makeup, the actress appeared to be the spitting image of the queen
Synonyms for spitting image
- alter ego,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- clone,
- counterpart,
- doppelgänger
- (or doppelganger),
- double,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- facsimile,
- fetch,
- image,
- likeness,
- look-alike,
- match,
- mirror image,
- picture,
- replica,
- ringer,
- spit,
- twin
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Where Does 'Spitting Image' Come From?
Where Does 'Spitting Image' Come From?
‘Spitten image’? ‘Spirit and image’? ‘Spit and image’? Oh dear.
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“Spitting image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20image. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of spitting image was in 1881
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