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look-alike

[look-uh-lahyk] / ˈlʊk əˌlaɪk /
NOUN
someone closely resembling another
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carbon copy impersonator
STRONG
clone copy double duplicate match replica ringer stand-in twin
WEAK
dead ringer mirror image spitting image
Antonyms
STRONG
original

Example Sentences

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Whether you know it or not, you have probably seen the Eames Lounge Chair—or at least a look-alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The long and unexpected afterlife of the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

To test whether look-alike spiders were masking more than one species, Jochim and colleagues examined genomic DNA from Aptostichus simus collected throughout its range.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Mitchell won the first-ever look-alike contest in New York City in October.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

Mop’s dad said it was a very convincing look-alike, but the photo just wasn’t old enough and Martí had never stopped at Canal Grove.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.