soundalike

noun

sound·​alike ˈsau̇n-də-ˌlīk How to pronounce soundalike (audio)
: one that sounds like another
soundalike adjective

Examples of soundalike in a Sentence

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And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — Green group — footwear Blue group — parliamentary positions Purple group — moniker soundalikes What Are Today’s Connections Groups? Kris Holt, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 Waits won his suit even though Frito-Lay never attempted to hire the singer before casting the soundalike. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024 But OpenAI’s use of a Johannson soundalike does fit into a larger pattern of the company scraping from pop culture tentpoles in order to strengthen its products. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 21 May 2024 But soundalikes soon began roiling the fanbases of other artists. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024 Meanwhile, major labels have sent takedown notices to streaming services for AI soundalikes, and in a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, the RIAA said certain AI vocal cloning sites infringe on their members’ copyrights and rights of publicity. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 These characters, mostly renamed with English soundalikes, constellate pretty much as the original 10 did. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023 Or maybe even the Scream killer soundalike captions reader on TikTok. Vulture, 11 Sep. 2022 Most of the time, though, the movie feels like a caricature of a soundalike—a spoof informed less by a love of pop-music lore than an abiding fandom of Weird Al music videos. Jesse Hassenger, Chron, 2 Nov. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soundalike was in 1970

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“Soundalike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soundalike. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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