lookalike
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From look + alike. See also look alike.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈlʊkəlaɪk/
Noun
lookalike (plural lookalikes)
- Someone who physically resembles (looks like) someone else.
- The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did.
- (Canada, US) Something that looks very similar to or the same as the genuine article.
- 2007 08, Alan Rolnick, Landmark Status, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 116:
- Only a lookalike, not a real hearse, it had just enough room in the trunk for one coffin. The other one would have to sit on the back seat. Pierre got a green canvas tarp and laid it out on the seat. Rico stood by, watching anxiously.
- 2019 May 7, Editors of Portable Press, Strange Hollywood: Amazing and Intriguing Stories From Tinseltown and Beyond, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- [The car] used by Ferris and his friends in the 1986 movie was not a real Ferrari. The Italian automaker made fewer than 100 250GTs, which cost $350,000 each. The studio saved money by putting a lookalike fiberglass shell on an MG.
Translations
person physically resembling another person
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