noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An exact copy.

   "The statue on the museum floor is an authentic replica."

2. 2
   copy that is not the original; something that has been copied wordnet
3. 3
   A copy made at a smaller scale than the original.

   "He collected replicas of old cars."

Synonyms

All synonyms

actual thingburlesquecarboncarbon copychip off the old blockclone

Example

More examples

"He built an exact replica of Notre Dame Cathedral."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian replica, derived from Latin replicare (“to fold or bend back; to reply”). Doublet of reply and replicate.

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