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lookalike

lookalike

7 3.5
A person or thing that looks very similar to another, often a famous person
  • noun
  • /ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk/
: doble
  • It wasn't Shirley Bassey, it was a lookalike.
  • lookalike contest
  • celebrity lookalikes

Can you imagine if this isn't actually and some lookalike to sat in the back of my mind?

Examples

  • They are having a Dolly Parton lookalike contest.

    Urban Cowboy (1980)

  • - Oh, so you run an agency for star lookalikes?

    Lovemakers (2011)

  • There's the winner of the Truman Capote lookalike contest.

    Annie Hall (1977)

  • These are our Dolly Parton lookalikes.

    Urban Cowboy (1980)

  • Thaddeus' now all-too-familiar lookalike appeared in the aisle behind the last row of lecture seats.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Walking down Brighton Beach at 14, a 60-year-old Rodney Dangerfield lookalike asked me on a date.

    Blog text (15)

  • One night, standing momentarily thoughtful at 10th and Miramar, he was picked up by a Marilyn Monroe lookalike in a white wrap-bodice evening dress and tomato red stilt-heel shoes.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The charity event featured a famous singer's lookalike who sang their hits perfectly.

  • At the party, I met a lookalike of my favorite movie star, and it was uncanny how much they resembled each other.

  • The performer dressed as a lookalike of a renowned actor to entertain the crowd at the festival.

Synonyms

image
vslookalike
59 5.6

A person who is very like another in look or actions

is broader, applying to people or things that look similar
clone
vslookalike
31 3.8

A person who looks or acts very like another person

focuses mainly on visual similarity rather than matching behaviour
look-alike
vslookalike
21 3.9

A person who is very similar in appearance to another person, often a famous person

is used for any person or thing, not only famous examples
doppelganger
vslookalike
15 7.8

A person who looks almost exactly like someone else but is not related

does not specify relation and can include related or unrelated cases
spitting image
vslookalike
  • Informal
15 3.7

A person or thing that looks exactly like another one

covers strong likeness but not necessarily an exact match
ringer
vslookalike
11 7.5

A person who looks very much like another person but is not related

is neutral on relation and also applies to non-person things
dead ringer
vslookalike
  • Informal
9 7.4

A person who looks exactly like someone else

is about close resemblance that may not be perfectly identical
similitude
vslookalike
  • Literature
1 9.8

A person or thing that looks almost the same as another

emphasizes ordinary close resemblance, not exact duplication

Antonyms

original
253 3.6

New and different, not copied from others

unique
1 3.5

A person or thing unlike any other

How Similar

twin
125 1.8
double
68 4.7
lookalike
7 3.5
similarity
162 2.7
resemblance
102 3.0

Surface Forms

lookalike singular
lookalikes plural

Morphology

lookalike = look + alike (transparent) = look + alike

The noun sense 'a person who resembles another' is a direct nominalization of the compound 'look' + 'alike' and is obvious from the components.

Etymology

Lookalike is made from look + alike, meaning 'looks similar'. As a noun it names a person or thing that closely resembles someone else, like a celebrity's double or an animal that copies another to avoid danger.