" duplication "

1: something or someone that strongly resembles another;

  * e.g., " ... in adulthood he became sort of a living duplication of his late father "

•  Synonyms : 

•  alter ego,

•  carbon,

•  carbon copy,

•  clone,

•  counterpart,

•  doppelgänger,

•  double,

•  duplicate,

•  facsimile,

•  fetch,

•  image,

•  likeness,

•  look-alike,

•  match,

•  mirror image,

•  picture,

•  replica,

•  ringer,

•  spit,

•  spitting image,

•  twin

•  Antonyms : 

•  archetype,

•  original,

•  prototype

2: something that is made to look exactly like something else;

  * e.g., " ... a duplication of an ancient Chinese vase for the mass market "

•  Synonyms : 

•  carbon,

•  carbon copy,

•  clone,

•  copy,

•  dummy,

•  dupe,

•  duplicate,

•  facsimile,

•  imitation,

•  mock,

•  reduplication,

•  replica,

•  replication,

•  reproduction

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: the act of saying or doing over again;

  * e.g., " ... let's avoid duplication of effort on this group project if we can "

•  Synonyms : 

•  iteration,

•  redo,

•  reduplication,

•  reiteration,

•  renewal,

•  repeat,

•  repetition,

•  replay,

•  replication,

•  reprise

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)