mirror image

noun

1

a

: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane

b

: the direct opposite

2

: image sense 4

Synonyms

• alter ego
• carbon
• carbon copy
• clone
• counterpart
• doppelgänger
• doppelganger
• double
• duplicate
• duplication
• facsimile
• fetch
• image
• likeness
• look-alike
• match
• picture
• replica
• ringer
• spit
• spitting image
• twin

Examples of mirror image in a Sentence

The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.

looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier

Recent Examples on the Web

That's a mirror image of men's overwhelming support for Republican Donald Trump, 53% to 37%. —Susan Page, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024

Harris appeared as Rudolph's mirror image, giving each other a lighthearted pep talk and poking fun at Trump's recent rally speeches. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

Whittingham has built the program in his mirror image: to be miserable to play against, prioritize the football, take up tons of clock and have a shot in the fourth quarter. —Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024

Gallego’s better standing with Arizona voters is more than a mirror image of Republican Kari Lake’s relatively weak pull with GOP voters and will invite extra scrutiny as Democrats ponder their future after an electoral beating. —Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

mirror image

noun

: something that has its parts joined together in much the same way as those of something else except that each part of one thing is directly opposite to the corresponding part of the other thing and located on the opposite side of, the same distance away from, and facing in the same way toward or away from an axis or plane between the two things

the two sides of an animal with bilateral symmetry are mirror images of each other

Medical Definition

mirror image

noun

: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane