| Main Entry: | simulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation |
Synonyms: |
carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, fake, image, likeness, match, mirroring, paralleling, reflection, replica, reproduction, sham |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior |
Synonyms: |
affectation, attitude, bit*, chaser, dissimilation, fake, false front, feigning, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, put-on, sham, show, shuck and jive, simulation, soft soap, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | affectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior to make an impression |
Synonyms: |
air, airs, appearance, artificiality, facade, false front, front, going Hollywood, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, sham*, show, showing off, simulation |
Antonyms: |
naturalness, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, carving, description, design, illustration, imitation, modeling, molding, painting, pictorialization, portrayal, representation, sculpting, shaping, simulation, sketching, symbolization |
Antonyms: |
science |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplicate, imitation |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, archetype, carbon, carbon copy, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, effigy, ersatz, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
Antonyms: |
original, origination, source |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false face, cover |
Synonyms: |
affectation, air*, appearance, aspect, beard, blind, camouflage, cloak*, concealment, cover-up, disguise, disguisement, dissembling, dissimulation, domino, facade, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, masquerade, pose, posture, pretense, pretext, put-on, screen, semblance, show*, simulation, veil*, veneer, visage, visor, window dressing |
| Main Entry: | pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood, affected show; cover |
Synonyms: |
act, acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, dissimulation, double-dealing, dumb act, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, pretext, routine, ruse, schtick, semblance, sham*, shuffling, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile |
Antonyms: |
honesty, openness, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | pretext |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disguise; alleged reason |
Synonyms: |
affectation, alibi, appearance, bluff, cleanup, cloak, color*, coloring, cop-out, cover, cover story, cover-up, device, excuse, face, feint, fig leaf, front, guise, mask, masquerade, plea, ploy, pretense, red herring, routine, ruse, semblance, show, simulation, song and dance, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, veil* |
Antonyms: |
reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | counterfeiting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copying |
Synonyms: |
duplication, reproduction, simulation |
| Main Entry: | computer science |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the study of computers |
Synonyms: |
artificial intelligence, computer technology, computer-aided learning, computer-aided testing, cybernetics, data processing, information retrieval, information technology, natural language processing, neural networks, operating systems, programming, programming languages, robotics, simulation, systems analysis |