Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clone

3 senses of clone

Sense 1
ringer, dead ringer, clone -- (a person who is almost identical to another)
       => double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother")

Sense 2
clone, clon -- (a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction)
       => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Sense 3
knockoff, clone -- (an unauthorized copy or imitation)
       => copy -- (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clone

1 sense of clone

Sense 1
clone -- (make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays")
       => copy, re-create -- (make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt")