CLONES Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

clones 1 of 2

noun

plural of clone

as in copies

something that is made to look exactly like something else the car is a clone under a different brand name—it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin

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as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another the new television series is a clone of half a dozen police procedurals already on the air

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clones

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clone

as in reproduces

to make an exact likeness of will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market

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Noun

In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male. — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 The show plays with some clever concepts, particularly in its visual presentation; as the simulation scenarios pile up, so do Vision clones until a dozen exhausted, exasperated Bettanys all collapse on a hotel floor. — Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Last winter, an Appalachian folk musician named Murphy Campbell discovered that her videos on YouTube had been used to create AI clones of her voice and banjo playing. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026 One of the clones, Antonia, has done what her counterpart has failed to do — produce a surviving lineage of ferrets. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Scheungraber says DoppelCart shops mimic 44,182 different brands, with a median of two clones for each brand. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Some females, however, reproduce asexually by making clones of themselves. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 That’s in contrast to bacteria, which reproduce asexually, creating clones that are often nearly identical and easy to trace. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Still, stories of artists finding unauthorized clones have become all too common. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

Her dream get for Twinnin, which clones an actors likeness that can then be sold on to studios or brands, is Matthew McConaughey, who recently trademarked his image and voice to protect them from unauthorised use by AI platforms. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 June 2026

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Noun

Researchers at the company tested how AI models might act as computer worms, programs that move between devices and leave copies of themselves behind, among everyday household gadgets.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
An army of Janeites, no doubt wielding their worn copies of Sense and Sensibility, are marching into cinemas around the world to watch an adaptation for a whole new generation.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of copies

Noun

Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
The men appear to have developed a close relationship and often share pictures together on their socials, including posing together at the 2021 Los Angeles premiere of the Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back (see above).

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Verb

Basquiat makes an image, reproduces it, cuts it up and gives it another life.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproduces

Noun

On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
But De Kooning would apply fragments of the reproductions to new compositions, often in different orientations.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of reproductions

Noun

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Fitting that there are dinosaur replicas towering over the lobby that leads straight through the building.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

Stand runs computational fluid dynamics, physics models built on top of digital twins.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Aiming to protect what’s left of its buildings and monuments is a converted Volkswagen Crafter—the ARK III, a mobile 3D-scanning lab that creates digital twins of sacred and historical structures for future restoration.

— Chris Stokel-Walker, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Will movie nights and electric go-kart tracks suffice to keep CWG’s buildings full if, as some predict, AI renders large numbers of office jobs redundant?

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
In other words, Israel is insisting that Hamas meet all its phase two obligations even before Israel has met any of its phase one obligations—a position that renders the plan unworkable.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

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