doubleganger

D2O1U1B3L1E1G2A1N1G2E1R1

noun

A doppelganger.

Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noundoubleganger (plural doublegangers)

plural doublegangers

  1. A doppelganger.

    Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are.

    1866, C[harles] Kingsley, “How Hereward Cleared Bourne of Frenchmen”, in Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English.” […], volume I, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 358

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
doppelganger

Origin

Partial calque of German Doppelgänger, equivalent to double + ganger.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

doubleganger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubleganger

MLA

“doubleganger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubleganger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doubleganger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubleganger.

Source: doubleganger on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.