Synonyms for facsimile
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Copy — A copy or reproduction
copy, reproduction, likeness, duplicate, counterpart, model, imitation, autotype dated
2. Machine
Definitions
- n. 1
A copy or reproduction.
- n. 2
Reproduction in the exact form as the original.
Related words
- Word family
- facsimilize
- Phrases
- facsimile machine
- Other spellings
- fac-simile
Forms
- Plural
- facsimiles → copies, reproductions, likenesses, duplicates…
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A facsimile is like the original in appearance; a duplicate is the same as the original in substance and effect; a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence is not a duplicate. A facsimile of a key might be quite useless; a duplicate will open the lock.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- copy Do you still have a copy of yesterday's newspaper?
- reproduction He has attempted no slavishly literal reproduction.
- duplicate I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
- likeness A painter could not better describe his likeness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| facsimile | steady | |
| copy | falling | |
| reproduction | steady | |
| duplicate | falling | |
| likeness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fax1
- 4 letters
- copy2
- 5 letters
- model2
- 8 letters
- likeness2, autotype
- 9 letters
- duplicate3, imitation4
- 11 letters
- counterpart3
- 12 letters
- reproduction4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- télécopieur
- Deutsch
- Faxgerät