Alter ego and Picture

Alter ego

Alter ego noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.
Usage example: the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego, right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch

Picture and alter ego are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Picture" instead a noun phrase "Alter ego".

Picture

Picture noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.
Usage example: the young teen is the very picture of her mother

Alter ego and picture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alter ego" instead a noun "Picture".

Nearby Words: pictured, picturing

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / Pair of Kings Wanted Poster: Brady's criminal alter ego "Scirocco" had his picture in a wanted poster reading "Barely Alive".
  • Wanted Poster Pair of Kings: Brady's criminal alter ego "Scirocco" had his picture in a wanted poster reading "Barely Alive".
    Source: Wanted Poster
  • Film / Dark Passage Marquee Alter Ego: For the first act, the protagonist is played by Bogart via voiceover but the character looks like someone entirely different (we only see his picture in the paper).
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