dead ringers
Uncanny identical matches
Dead ringers are people or things that look exactly alike—perfect doubles.
The phrase almost always appears with *for*: She's a dead ringer for her grandmother at that age.
The *dead* intensifies completeness, as in *dead center* or *dead heat*.
A ringer was originally a horse secretly substituted for another in a race.
Twice the amount
- spitting imageExact likeness of another
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- carbon copyIdentical reproduction of something
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
twin · duplicate · counterpart · replica · match · likeness · resemblance · copycat
One feigning another's identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- switcherooSlangy sudden reversal
- substituteReplacement for another
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
plant · con · hustle · scam · horse racing · betting · swap · masquerade
Siblings from one zygote
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
family resemblance · siblings · kinship · bloodline · offspring · lineage · genealogy · inherited traits
Disturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
coincidence · uncanny resemblance · strange · bizarre · inexplicable · paranormal · supernatural · unnerving
double
Twice the amount
- spitting imageExact likeness of another
- mirror imageReversed visual duplicate
- carbon copyIdentical reproduction of something
doppelgänger · twin · duplicate · counterpart · replica · match · likeness · resemblance · copycat · facsimile
impostor
One feigning another's identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- switcherooSlangy sudden reversal
- substituteReplacement for another
decoy · plant · con · hustle · scam · horse racing · betting · swap · masquerade · identity theft
identical twins
Siblings from one zygote
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- DNAHereditary code molecule
heredity · family resemblance · siblings · kinship · bloodline · offspring · lineage · genealogy · inherited traits · twin study
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- creepyDisturbingly strange
doppelgänger · coincidence · uncanny resemblance · strange · bizarre · inexplicable · paranormal · supernatural · unnerving · chilling
dead ringerspolar opposites
Maximally opposed counterparts
worlds apart · night and day · apples and oranges · chalk and cheese · dissimilar
dead ringersunmistakable
Impossible to misidentify
one of a kind · unique · distinctive · telling apart · originals
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