doppelganger

Meaning

1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
2. An evil twin.
3. A remarkably similar double.
4. A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.

Synonyms

double

look-alike

homonym

image

lookalike

namesake

phantasm

revenant

ringer

specter

spectre

spirit

wraith

zombie

🧟

dead ringer

doppelgänger

apparition

zombi

ghost

👻

Translations

Doppelgänger

dubbelganger

sosie

sosia

double

adaş

xará

sosias

σωσίας

Namensvetter

sósia

gemello malvagio

Namensschwester

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡɛŋə/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”).