lookalike

• look-alike, look-a-like

From look +‎ alike. See also look alike.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlʊkəlaɪk/

lookalike (plural lookalikes)

1. Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

   Coordinate term: soundalike

   1. A doppelganger, impersonator, imposter, or body double.

      Hyponyms: clone, imitator, twin

      The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did.

      • 2023 July 17, “A Queen Lookalike Fled Thailand of Lese-Majeste”, in 112 Watch‎^[1]:

        A Queen Lookalike Fled Thailand of Lese-Majeste […] Mum Dew has been accused of trying to dress like the Queen Mother, Sirikit, wife of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

   2. (Canada, US) Something that looks very similar to or the same as the genuine article.

      Hyponyms: clone, copy, fake, imitation, knockoff

      Among competing products, a generic substitute is one thing, whereas a deceptive lookalike is another.

      • 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.