: one that looks like another : double
look-alike adjective

Examples of look-alike in a Sentence

at first glance these two mattresses may be look-alikes, but a comparison of their innards tells a different story
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Stars hit the red carpet at the 2025 Golden Globes Braunstein won a Powell look-alike contest held last month in Austin, as the real Twisters star watched the competition on FaceTime and the actor's mother and aunt helped judge. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025 Glen Powell and Timothée Chalamet’s look-alikes are winners tonight, no contest needed. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2025 The actor ran into the winner of his look-alike contest, which took place in Austin, Texas, in November. Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025 The brand is widely credited for spurring the fragrance mist boom, and has also sparked a number of dupe and look-alike products on the market. Noor Lobad, WWD, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for look-alike 

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of look-alike was in 1935

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“Look-alike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look-alike. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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