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look-a-like

look-a-like is the alternative form of lookalike.

Meaning of lookalike

Noun

lookalike (plural lookalikes)

  1. A doppelganger, impersonator, imposter, or body double.
    • The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did.
  2. (Canada, US) Something that looks very similar to or the same as the genuine article.
    • Among competing products, a generic substitute is one thing, whereas a deceptive lookalike is another.

Synonyms of look-a-like

Forms of look-a-like

plurallook-a-likes

Questions about look-a-like

What is look-a-like the alternative form of?
Look-a-like is the alternative form of lookalike.

Words near look-a-like in the dictionary

  1. look who the cat dragged in
  2. look who's talking
  3. look you
  4. look'd
  5. look'st
  6. look-a-like
  7. look-alike
  8. look-alikes
  9. look-at-me
  10. look-back
  11. look-backs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: look-a-like (page history and authors); lookalike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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