look-alike

/lʊk əˌlaɪk/

/ˈlʊkəlaɪk/

Other forms: look-alikes

A look-alike is someone who looks almost exactly like another person. Running into your look-alike in a big city would be quite shocking.

Some look-alikes are related, like identical twins or cousins who resemble each other to an uncanny degree. Other look-alikes are so similar to celebrities that they can make a living impersonating them. If you are a Michael Jackson look-alike, you could dress like the singer and perform at a talent show, lip syncing his song "Billie Jean" and attempting the moonwalk. Look-alike is an American word, coined around 1937.

Definitions of look-alike

1. noun

   someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
   synonyms: double, image

   types:

   clone, dead ringer, doppelganger, ringer

   a person who is almost identical to another

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. adjective

   resembling closely
   “they have look-alike cars”

   synonyms:

   like, similar

   resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination