lookalikes
Hard to distinguish
Lookalikes are people or things that closely resemble each other in appearance.
The term usually describes someone who resembles a celebrity: Elvis lookalikes gather in Las Vegas every year.
It extends to products, buildings, or anything strikingly similar to something else: generic lookalikes of brand-name drugs.
Also spelled as two words or hyphenated.
Genetically identical organism
- carbon-copyIdentical reproduction
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- reproductionCopying or procreation
copy · simulacrum · replication · duplicate · model · recreation · representation · imitation
Unauthorized replica product
- fakeNot the real thing
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- shamFraudulent imitation
phony · bootleg · imitation · pseudo · ersatz · copycat · pirated · bogus
Supernatural duplicate of oneself
- twinOne of matched pair
- doubleTwice the amount
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- understudyBackup actor, ready nightly
decoy · impersonator · ringer · dead-ringer · fetch · duplicate · match · pair
State of being alike
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- semblanceOutward but misleading appearance
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- analogueSomething functionally similar
counterpart · equivalent · correspondence · congruence · affinity · comparison · echo · reflection
clone
Genetically identical organism
- carbon-copyIdentical reproduction
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
reproduction · copy · simulacrum · replication · duplicate · model · recreation · representation · imitation · mock-up
knockoff
Unauthorized replica product
- fakeNot the real thing
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
sham · phony · bootleg · imitation · pseudo · ersatz · copycat · pirated · bogus · spurious
doppelganger
Supernatural duplicate of oneself
understudy · decoy · impersonator · ringer · dead-ringer · fetch · duplicate · match · pair · identicals
similarity
State of being alike
- similitudeQuality of being alike
- semblanceOutward but misleading appearance
- parallelEquidistant at all points
analogue · counterpart · equivalent · correspondence · congruence · affinity · comparison · echo · reflection · approximation
- doublesdouble, doubles, twin, twins, duplicate
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
- Off-brandsstore brands, knockoffs, imitations, copycats, no-name brands
- trademark disputesinfringement, counterfeiting, knockoffs, passing off, cease and desist
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
lookalikesopposites
Terms with contrary meanings
polar opposites · contrasts · mismatches · night and day · odd couple
lookalikesoriginals
Authentic first versions
the real thing · genuine article · strangers · non-relatives · blood relations
lookalikesoriginals
Authentic first versions
authentics · the real thing · genuine articles · one-of-a-kinds · uniques