doppelganger
Uncanny identical stranger
A doppelganger is a person who looks strikingly like someone else—an uncanny double or lookalike.
The German word literally means "double-goer." In folklore, seeing one's own doppelganger was an omen of death.
Today the word usually describes any remarkable resemblance: I saw your doppelganger at the grocery store.
Also spelled doppelgänger.
One who closely resembles another
- twinOne of matched pair
- duplicateExact replica of original
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
counterpart · carbon-copy · dead-ringer · impersonator · stand-in · alter-ego · likeness · resemblance
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
fetch · spirit · ghostly · haunting · eerie · uncanny · omen · harbinger
Genetically identical organism
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- body-snatcherOne who steals corpses
- replicantBioengineered human duplicate
- androidMachine resembling a person
duplicate · decoy · switcheroo · thriller · suspense · horror · sci-fi · duality
Go get and return
- bilocationSimultaneous presence in two places
- changelingSubstituted fairy child
- revenantReturned from death
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
skinwalker · trickster · mythology · legend · omen · warning · ancestral
Alternate version of oneself
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- JungianOf analytical psychology
repressed · dark-side · psyche · mirror · identity · fragmentation · subconscious · archetype
lookalike
One who closely resembles another
replica · counterpart · carbon-copy · dead-ringer · impersonator · stand-in · alter-ego · likeness · resemblance · match
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
shade · fetch · spirit · ghostly · haunting · eerie · uncanny · omen · harbinger · paranormal
clone
Genetically identical organism
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- body-snatcherOne who steals corpses
- replicantBioengineered human duplicate
android · duplicate · decoy · switcheroo · thriller · suspense · horror · sci-fi · duality · masquerade
fetch
Go get and return
- bilocationSimultaneous presence in two places
- changelingSubstituted fairy child
- revenantReturned from death
shapeshifter · skinwalker · trickster · mythology · legend · omen · warning · ancestral
alter-ego
Alternate version of oneself
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
Jungian · repressed · dark-side · psyche · mirror · identity · fragmentation · subconscious · archetype · persona
- German cultureOktoberfest, Bavaria, Bavarian, Berlin, Munich
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- character tropesantihero, hero, damsel in distress, mentor, femme fatale
- disguisesmask, costume, disguise, fake beard, fake mustache
- doublesdoubles, twin, twins, duplicate, duplicates
doppelgangeroriginal
First or inventive
one of a kind · singleton · sui generis · nonpareil · inimitable
doppelgangerauthentic self
One's genuine identity
genuine article · source · archetype · the real thing · original