TWINS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

twins

noun

plural of twin

as in halves

either of a pair matched in one or more qualities I've found one sock but can't find its twin

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as in pictures

something or someone that strongly resembles another some of these people who think that they're a given movie star's twin are kidding themselves

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Recent Examples of twins Now that their youngest kids, twins Knox and Vivienne, are 18, Jolie is ready to ditch the US. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2026 But in terms of the twins, Rex and Ash were just fantastic together. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 The producer credits will be shared by Molly Smith and the Luckinbill twins for Black Label Media, Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road and Ed McDonnell. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Looking back on those drives with my twins, who are both now in college, our best rides home were the ones that never focused on tennis. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026 Two years later, the couple welcomed twins Griffin and Vivian. — Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026 The chance to get up close with data, experiments, and technology so early in their college careers drew both twins to CSU, especially after growing up in the city’s Austin neighborhood, John Kountz said. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 The initiative will bring together computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with digital twins to rapidly model ammonia dispersion following a leak. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026 Michigan, California and Loyola Marymount were also finalists for the twins who were coached last season by Justin Siegel, a new assistant coach at Loyola Marymount. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Two budgets, two vendor lists, two review processes and often two teams reporting to the same CISO, answering different halves of the same question.

— Aviv Mussinger, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Dissolving Lines The traditional separation between news outlets’ editorial and business halves has been facing pressure from both sides of that line.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of halves

Noun

Stone, in a royal blue skirt suit, posed for pictures before stopping to chat happily with the Haim sisters, with Este Haim breaking into song.

— Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Messi posted on social media pictures of him arriving to join the national team for the last time and his final training sessions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

The hotel plays up its proximity to ACL Live, with framed photographs of the show and an Austin City Limits coffee table book of images captured by the same photographer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Some Russian online media late Tuesday also posted the images.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of images

Noun

The film worked extensively to operate under the union’s new rules surrounding the use of digital replicas and AI, especially when new scenes would emerge throughout the four-month production.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

One of the clones, Antonia, has done what her counterpart has failed to do — produce a surviving lineage of ferrets.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Scheungraber says DoppelCart shops mimic 44,182 different brands, with a median of two clones for each brand.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of clones

Noun

Lined with portraits of tango legends on the wall, the space feels beautifully preserved.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.

— James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

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