: 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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There was a look-alike contest held in New York City. Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024 To start their day, the look-alike duo visited a Christmas market alongside Jenn Tran and her Dancing with the Stars partner Sasha Farber. Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 That people are making jokes about how the assassin could’ve won the Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in Washington Square Park? Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024 What kicked off on October 27 with Timothée Chalamet has spawned an international movement of celebrity look-alike contests with subjects like Paul Mescal and Dev Patel drawing crowds of doppelgängers in pursuit of, at most, a $50 prize. Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 4 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 17 Dec. 2024.

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