replica

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rep=li=ca

CIDE DICTIONARY

replica, n. [It. See Reply, v. & n.].

•  A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.  [1913 Webster]
•  Repetition.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

replica, n.
1 a duplicate of a work made by the original artist.
2 a facsimile, an exact copy.
3 a copy or model, esp. on a smaller scale.

Etymology

It. f. replicare REPLY

DEVIL DICTIONARY

replica

n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a "copy," which is made by another artist. When the two are mae with equal skill the replica is the more valuable, for it is supposed to be more beautiful than it looks.

THESAURUS

replica

Doppelganger, actual thing, burlesque, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, ditto, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, equivalent, exact counterpart, facsimile, homograph, homonym, homophone, idem, identical same, imitation, knockoff, likeness, mock-up, model, no other, none other, paraphrase, parody, photocopy, quadruplicate, repetition, replication, representation, reproduction, selfsame, spit and image, spitting image, synonym, the same, the same difference, travesty, triplicate, twin, version, very image, very same