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Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spitting image, double, doppelganger, lookalike
Antonyms: none provided
a person who is almost identical to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ringer, clone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: double, image, look-alike
See ringer (“substitute”) and ring the changes
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
evenbeeld
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Finnish:
kaksoisolento
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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French:
portrait craché
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Italian:
sosia
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Japanese:
そっくり様
(sokkuri-sama)
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Portuguese:
cara de um, focinho do outro
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Portuguese:
sósia
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Portuguese:
cuspido e escarrado
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Romanian:
sosie
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Russian:
двойни́к
(dvojník)
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Russian:
точная ко́пия
(točnaja)
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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Spanish:
sosias
— someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
