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LOOK-ALIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does look-alike mean?
• LOOK-ALIKE (noun)
The noun LOOK-ALIKE has 1 sense:
1. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
Familiarity information: LOOK-ALIKE used as a noun is very rare.
• LOOK-ALIKE (adjective)
The adjective LOOK-ALIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling closely
Familiarity information: LOOK-ALIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Context example:
she's the very image of her mother
Hypernyms ("look-alike" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "look-alike"):
clone; dead ringer; ringer (a person who is almost identical to another)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling closely
Context example:
they have look-alike cars
Similar:
like; similar (resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination)
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