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imitate - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow suit*, forge, impersonate, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parallel, parody, pretend, put on*, reflect, repeat, reproduce, resemble, sham, simulate, spoof, take off*, travesty, act like, be like, do like, do likewise, follow in footsteps, look like, model after, pattern after, personate, play a part, reduplicate, replicate, send up* |
| Notes: | emulate means to strive to equal, excel, or match by imitating; imitate means to reproduce or copy someone's behavior or looks |
| Antonyms: | clash, differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
| Synonyms: | affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do*, echo, emulate, imitate, impersonate, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, take off*, travesty, do like, go like, make like |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deceitful imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a copy; repeat |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, double, dupe, echo, fake, imitate, knock off*, manifold, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, pirate*, redo, redouble, reproduce, rework, trace, act like, do a takeoff, do again, do like, dualize, go like, make like, make replica, make twofold, mimeo, photostat, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, stat, take off as |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, imitate, impersonate, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, second, vibrate, do like, go like, make like, rubber-stamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy the actions of |
| Synonyms: | challenge, compete, contend, ditto*, do*, follow, follow suit*, imitate, mimic, mirror, rival, take after*, compete with, contend with, do like, follow in footsteps, follow the example of, go like, make like, outvie, pattern after, rivalize, vie with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, guide, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, persuade, preach, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift, cause to understand, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, illume, inspirit, let in on, open up, put on to |
| Antonyms: | bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle, be vague |
| Main Entry: | feign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, fabricate, fake, forge, imagine, imitate, invent, play, play possum*, put on, sham*, simulate, stonewall*, do a bit, four-flush, give appearance of, make show of, phony up, put on act, put up a front |
| Antonyms: | be true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impersonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be another |
| Synonyms: | act, ape, ditto*, do, enact, fake, imitate, mimic, mirror, perform, play, portray, put on an act*, represent, act a part, act like, act out, assume character, do an impression of, double as, dress as, make like, masquerade as, pass oneself off as, personate, play a role, playact, pose as, take the part of |
| Antonyms: | differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirror |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy, reflect |
| Synonyms: | depict, double, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, exemplify, follow, glass, illustrate, image, imitate, mimic, personify, represent, show, simulate, symbolize, take off*, typify, act like, make like |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be alike |
| Synonyms: | agree, assimilate, collocate, compare, complement, conform, copy, correlate, correspond, equal, equate, imitate, liken, match, paragon, collimate, keep pace, parallelize |
| Antonyms: | differ, distort, diverge, separate, skew |
| Main Entry: | parrot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
| Synonyms: | ape, chant, copy, copycat, echo, imitate, mime, mimic, quote, recite, reiterate |
| Main Entry: | personify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent some other being, character |
| Synonyms: | contain, copy, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, substantiate, symbolize, typify, act out, body forth, emblematize, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, live as, make human, personize |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
| Synonyms: | chime, din, ditto*, drum into*, echo, imitate, iterate, quote, reappear, recapitulate, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recur, redo, reform, rehash*, rehearse, reiterate, relate, renew, reproduce, return, revert, revolve, rework*, come again, go over again, hold over, ingeminate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, read back, recast, recrudesce, refashion, reissue, remake, reoccur, replay, reprise, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, fake, feign, imitate, invent, lie, mislead, mock, play possum*, pretend, put on, simulate, sucker, do a number, fake it, make like, put up a front, shuck and jive |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take after |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emulate |
| Synonyms: | copy, ditto*, follow, follow suit*, imitate, inherit, mimic, mirror, rival, act like, be like, do like, follow in the footsteps of, follow the example of, look like, make like, pattern after |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | travesty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule, spoof |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, caricature, deride, distort, imitate, lampoon, make fun of, mimic, mock, parody, pervert, put on*, satirize, sham*, take off*, make a mockery of, play on, send up* |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
| Synonyms: | imitate, impersonate, pretend, pantomime |
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take up, tap, use, utilize, go down the line, go in for, take over |
| Antonyms: | disown, reject, repudiate, repulse, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off*, limn, manifold, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, picture, plagiarize, portray, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, trace, transcribe, mimeo, photostat, reduplicate, replicate, stat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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