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Synonyms for doppelganger

  • noun

Most common

alter-ego doubleganger evil twin dead ringer

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Alter-ego — A remarkably similar double

look-a-like, looky-likey UK, alter-ego

2. Double — A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person

double, doubleganger

Other

evil twin, dead ringer

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.

  2. n. 2

    A remarkably similar double.

Related words

Other spellings
doppelgänger

Forms

Plural
doppelgangers → look-a-likes, alter-egos, doubles, doublegangers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
doppelgangerrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
double2
12 letters
doubleganger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (double2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
sosie
Italiano
sosia
Deutsch
Doppelgänger