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duplicate

n. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"

match

n. something that resembles or harmonizes with; "that tie makes a good match with your jacket"

double

v. increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"

twin, parallel

v. duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

double, repeat, reduplicate, replicate

v. make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"

triplicate

adj. identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"

twin, matching, twinned

adj. being two identical

likeness, semblance

n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

simulation, model

n. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

ditto, ditto mark

n. a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

separate, offprint, reprint

n. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

equivalent

n. a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

equal, be, be identical to

v. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

compare

v. be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

contrast, be in contrast

v. to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

represent, stand for, correspond

v. take the place of

recall, echo

v. call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

illustrate

v. depict with an illustration

parody, spoof

v. make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

mime, pantomime

v. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

clone

v. make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"

pattern, model

v. plan or create according to a model or models

parallel, collimate, make parallel

v. make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

ape, caricature

v. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

parody, spoof, burlesque

v. make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

identical, indistinguishable, undistinguishable

adj. exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"

duplicate, twin, matching, twinned

adj. being two identical

interchangeable

adj. (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"

duplicate, triplicate

adj. identically copied from an original; "a duplicate key"

interchangeable

adj. (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable"

parlay, double up

v. stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

adapted

adj. changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages"

banal, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous

adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"

commonplace, trite, bromidic, hackneyed, shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, tired, well-worn

adj. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

routine, stock, ready-made, cliched

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

imitative, copied

adj. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"

derivative, derived

adj. resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"

old, stale

adj. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"

slavish

adj. blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"

traced

adj. derived by copying something else; especially by following lines seen through a transparent sheet

compatible, well-matched

adj. (of a couple) existing together harmoniously

coordinated, matching

adj. intentionally matched; "curtains and walls were color coordinated"

mated, paired

adj. used of gloves, socks, etc.

original

adj. being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"

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