DOPPELGÄNGERS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

doppelgängers

noun

variants or doppelgangers

plural of doppelgänger

as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelgänger

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Noun

In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

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

Definition of twins

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His proficiency, buoyed by his expensive taste and skill in daisy-chaining images together, got his foot in the door of the indie-rap revitalization.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Two more search warrants were carried out for the TikTok account, and during an interview, deputies said the teen confessed to taking photos of a younger child and using AI to alter the images to make the child appear nude.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

Inspired by archival photographs of alpine pioneer and early Moncler collaborator Lionel Terray, each is captured in bold portraits wearing reimagined versions of signature Moncler outerwear and accessories.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Then, Nourry sculpted their portraits using her free interpretations.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of portraits

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