ALTER EGOS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

alter egos

noun

plural of alter ego

as in friends

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another over the years the state's other senator became his alter ego as well as his political ally

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something or someone that strongly resembles another the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego, right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch

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Recent Examples of alter egos With a few simple prompts, anyone can summon up a team of realistic alter egos. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026 Duality comes up a lot in Cameron’s work—alter egos, inner contradictions, mirror images. — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 5 Feb. 2026 Meta was telling us that the future of social media would be immersive, like a giant Zoom call populated by digital alter egos that can interact and play games and buy stuff from one another for … fun? — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025 Robinson has a genius for channeling society’s ambient toxic vibes, in abstract but eerily evocative ways, through his odd alter egos. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Her music videos have become the pop playbook, giving us everything from alter egos to male drag to hundreds of iconic looks. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025 Her music videos have become the pop playbook, giving us everything from alter egos to drag to hundreds of iconic looks. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025 The soundtrack blends a Carter Burwell score with tracks produced by Antonoff, including a new recording by Brittany Howard; a cast performance by Qualley, Plaza and Talia Ryder; and original songs by Lace Manhattan and Dixie Normus, the musical alter egos of Qualley and Ryder. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
The series interviews two of Perry’s closest friends — industry pal Kevin Pollak, and his sister Mia Perry Bowick, who eventually became a therapist well-versed in addiction in large part because of her big brother’s struggle.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of friends

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In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

They are being rounded up and sent for slaughter by the government that wants the land for its rich buddies and industry.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
And so the best buddies, who’ve been flirting since Season 1, are finally single at the same time.

— Judy Berman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of buddies

Noun

Harris pointed to Harris and Gill’s healthy older child, who was also living in the home, as evidence that something else was going on with the twins.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The pathologists who examined the twins also said their causes of death were undetermined, Filicetti said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of twins

Noun

Rights, approvals and protections for digital replicas, voice, likeness and content now have to be addressed up front, not as an afterthought.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, researchers at Penn State University have modeled its acoustic properties, drawing on data collected from one of the bell’s replicas.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

Since its earliest days, the video game industry has been built on developers creating clones of competing games, with varying levels of originality and varying levels of enforcement from game platforms.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
In other words, the researchers were able to produce both male and female clones from the same donor male.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

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