clone

Speech parts

1. clone - Noun

2. clone - Verb

Meaning

an unauthorized copy or imitation

a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction

a person who is almost identical to another

make multiple identical copies of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ringer dead ringer knockoff clon android xerox ditto DNA abacus model image equivalent match double transfer
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Antonyms

original create contrast contrary inverse initiate
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Hypernyms

being image double copy organism re-create

Phrases with the word

Doom clone Castro clone twin clone downright clone equivalent clone gene clone

Anagrams

Cleon Colen Colne

Examples

Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better. Leslie Fiedler

Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves. Ted Danson

Why would you clone people when you can go to bed with them and make a baby? C'mon, it's stupid. Ray Bradbury

I'm only one guy. I took Hedo [Türkoğlu] in the first game and Rashard [Lewis] hit the winning shot. I took Rashard in the second game and Hedo hit the shot. If I could clone myself, we'd be all right. But I can't. LeBron James

A clone of Einstein wouldn't be stupid, but he wouldn't necessarily be any genius, either. James D. Watson

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter? Kazuo Ishiguro

Close letter words and terms

Clonch Cloncurry Clondalkin clone stamp clone town cloneable