look-alike

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A look-alike is someone or something that closely resembles another: an Elvis look-alike, a look-alike contest.

The term often describes people hired or noticed for their resemblance to celebrities.

As an adjective, it describes things designed to imitate: look-alike products, look-alike packaging.

doppelganger

double

Twice the amount

stand-in · decoy · impersonator · ringer · fetch · wraith

replica

copy

Identical reproduction made

clone · knockoff · counterfeit · forgery · fake · imitation · mock-up · bootleg · pirated

biological

twin

One of matched pair

descendant · ancestor · clone · offspring · bloodline

imitation

copycat

One who mimics another

impressionist · parody · mock · emulator · pretender · wannabe · poseur · fake · phony · fraud

resemblance

similarity

State of being alike

parallel · analogy · equivalence · similitude · comparability · reflection · echo · kinship

Categories
Opposites
visual resemblance

look-alikeunlike

Not similar to

different · dissimilar · distinct · unalike · contrasting

authenticity/originality

look-alikeoriginal

First or inventive

authentic · the real thing · bona fide · prototype · archetype

categorical relationship

look-alikeopposite

Reverse or contrary thing

antithesis · reverse · converse · inverse · contrary

Family

lookalike

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G