mirror image

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   a likeness in which left and right are reversed

   Synonymsreflectionreflexion

   Broaderlikeness

Questions about mirror image

What does mirror image mean?

mirror image means "a likeness in which left and right are reversed".

What is another word for mirror image?

Close synonyms include reflection, reflexion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mirror image a common word?

mirror image is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.