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Carbon_copy
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exact likeness |
| Synonyms: | carbon, clone, copy, double, duplicate, facsimile, imitation, mirror image, replica, reproduction, spit and image, spitting image, twin |
| Antonyms: | opposite |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplicate, imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, archetype, carbon, carbon copy, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, effigy, ersatz, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | original, origination, source |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterpart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | match; identical part or thing |
| Synonyms: | analogue, carbon copy, complement, copy, correlate, correlative, correspondent, dead ringer, ditto*, doppelganger, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, look alike, mate, obverse, opposite, opposite number, peas in a pod, pendant, ringer, spit and image, spitting image, supplement, tally, twin, two of a kind |
| Antonyms: | opposite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copy, reproduction |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, analogue, carbon, carbon copy, chip off the old block, clone, companion, coordinate, copycat, correlate, counterfeit, counterpart, counterscript, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplication, facsimile, fake, fellow, germination, imitation, knockoff, likeness, lookalike, match, mate, obverse, parallel, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate, reciprocal, recurrence, repetition, replica, replication, repro, ringer, second, similarity, spitting image, stat, twin |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
| Antonyms: | archetype, model, original, prototype |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivalent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equal, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | carbon copy, correspondent, dead ringer, ditto, like, match, obverse, opposite, parallel, peer, reciprocal, same difference, spitting image, substitute, twin |
| Antonyms: | difference |
| Main Entry: | facsimile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reproduction |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, carbon copy, chip off old block, clone, copy, copycat, dead ringer, ditto*, double, dupe*, duplicate, knock-off, likeness, look-alike, mimeo, miniature, mirror, photocopy, photostat, print, reduplication, replica, replication, repro, ringer, spitting image, stat, transcript, twin |
| Antonyms: | original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forgery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | counterfeiting; counterfeit item |
| Synonyms: | bogus*, carbon copy, carbon, cheat, coining, copy, fabrication, fake, faking, falsification, fraudulence, imitating, imitation, imposition, imposture, lookalike, phony, pseudo, sham*, twin, workalike |
| Notes: | a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better, older, or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | identical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alike, equal |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon copy, corresponding, dead ringer, ditto*, double, duplicate, equivalent, exact, identic, indistinguishable, interchangeable, like, like two peas in a pod, look-alike, matching, one and the same, same, same difference, selfsame, spitting image, tantamount, twin, very, very same |
| Antonyms: | different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, opposite, unequal, unlike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | image |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representation; counterpart |
| Synonyms: | angel*, appearance, carbon copy, carbon, carved figure, chip off old block, copy, dead ringer, double, drawing, effigy, equal, equivalent, facsimile, figure, form, icon, idol, illustration, likeness, match, model, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, reflection, replica, reproduction, similitude, simulacre, simulacrum, spitting image, statue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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