Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
doppelganger .
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- noun a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German, a double : doppel, double (from French double; see double) + Gänger, goer (from Gang, a going, from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German).]
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gangerh commented on the word doppelgänger
This is who I'd like to meet.
January 30, 2008
punchcard commented on the word doppelgänger
A doppelgänger or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person, a sinister form of bilocation.
September 27, 2008
effulgent_eyes commented on the word doppelgänger
2. alter ego
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: other side to personality
Synonyms: doppelganger, evil twin, second self
3. alter ego
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: companion
Synonyms: buddy, chum, confidante, counterpart, doppelganger*, pal, soul mate
* = informal/non-formal usage
4. 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
5. poltergeist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ghost
Synonyms: apparition, appearance, banshee, demon, doppelganger , haunter, kelpie, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, vision, visitor
6. specter
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ghost
Synonyms: apparition, appearance, demon, doppelganger , phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, presence, shadow, spirit, spook, vision
7. spitting image
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: exact likeness
Synonyms: Doppelganger , carbon copy, clone, copy, dead ringer, double, duplicate, eidetic image, exact counterpart, exact duplicate, exact likeness, facsimile, image of, likeness, living image, living picture, look-alike, lookalike, match, mirror image, picture of, replica, ringer, spit and image, twin, very image
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