Meaning, Sentences, Synonyms and Antonyms for Doppelganger

If you have watched the series, How I Met Your Mother, this is one word you should have heard quite a few times. In fact, searching for doppelgangers can become an obsession for some and these people keep trying to find similarities with other people.

YouTube Video for the word

Have a look at the following clip from “How I Met Your Mother”:

Lookalikes are what doppelgangers are. This video should help ingrain the word in your memory.
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Pronunciation: Dopple-ganger

Meaning of Doppelganger

1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart. (noun)

Our super tip to learn Doppelganger

You can relate it with the association/mnemonic: Double Gang Member (someone in the gang who looks the same as you).

Example Sentences Doppelganger

1. Her black magic powers might be gone, but she was still a doppelganger.
2. Smiling at the end of the road was not Rahul but his doppelganger.

Synonyms

Double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fetch, likeness, look-alike, match, mirror image, picture

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