Duplicate and Negative

Duplicate

Duplicate noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

Negative is an antonym for duplicate.

Negative

Negative noun - Something that is as different as possible from something else.
Usage example: the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love

Duplicate is an antonym for negative.

How words are described

original original duplicate original negative
single single duplicate single negative
entire entire duplicate entire negative
false false duplicate false negative

Common collocations

items duplicate items negative items

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Friday the 13th: The Series The Evil Knockoff of "Double Exposure" had to be killed (through destroying the negative it came from) within a certain number of hours or the original would die and the duplicate would become real.
  • Film / Wings The original negative no longer exists, but Paramount obtained a duplicate negative.
    Source: Film / Wings
Cite this Source
Negative and Duplicate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/duplicate/negative
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Negative or Duplicate. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/duplicate/negative.
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