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look a like

look a like is the misspelling of lookalike.

look a like is the misspelling of look alike.

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.

Meaning of look alike

Verb

look alike (third-person singular simple present looks alike, present participle looking alike, simple past and past participle looked alike)

  1. (intransitive) Of multiple things or people, to have a similar visual appearance.

Questions about look a like

What is look a like the misspelling of?
Look a like is the misspelling of lookalike.

Words near look a like in the dictionary

  1. looie
  2. looies
  3. looing
  4. look
  5. look a fright
  6. look a like
  7. look after
  8. look ahead
  9. look ahead to
  10. look ahere
  11. look alike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: look a like (page history and authors); lookalike (page history and authors); look alike (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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