4 definitions found for mirror image

mirror image n 1: a likeness in which left and right are reversed [syn: mirror image, reflection, reflexion]

mirror image noun Date: 1885 1. a. something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane b. the direct opposite 2. image 3

mirror image also mirror-image (mirror images) If something is a mirror image of something else, it is like a reflection of it, either because it is exactly the same or because it is the same but reversed. I saw in him a mirror image of my younger self... N-COUNT: oft N of n

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "mirror image": antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, antonym, contra, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, foil, inverse, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, reverse, setoff, the contrary, the other side, vis-a-vis