Tom can imitate the singer to a hair.
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Imitate
//ˈɪmɪteɪt//
Synonyms for "imitate" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
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5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
7 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- na-aap verb (to follow as a model)
- naboots verb (to follow as a model)
- namaak verb (to follow as a model)
Arabic
3 entries- قلد verb (to follow as a model)
- قَلَّد verb (to follow as a model)
- قَلَّدَ verb (to follow as a model)
Armenian
1 entries- ընդօրինակել verb (to follow as a model)
Asturian
1 entries- imitar verb (to follow as a model)
Belarusian
2 entries- перайма́ць verb (to follow as a model)
- імітава́ць verb (to follow as a model)
Bulgarian
2 entries- имити́рам verb (to follow as a model)
- подража́вам verb (to follow as a model)
Catalan
1 entries- imitar verb (to follow as a model)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 模擬 /模拟 verb (to follow as a model)
Czech
1 entries- napodobit verb (to follow as a model)
Dutch
2 entries- imiteren verb (to follow as a model)
- nabootsen verb (to follow as a model)
Esperanto
1 entries- imiti verb (to follow as a model)
Estonian
1 entries- matkima verb (to follow as a model)
Finnish
1 entries- matkia verb (to follow as a model)
French
1 entries- imiter verb (to follow as a model)
Galician
2 entries- arremedar verb (to follow as a model)
- imitar verb (to follow as a model)
German
2 entries- imitieren verb (to follow as a model)
- nachahmen verb (to follow as a model)
Hindi
2 entries- अनुकरण करना verb (to follow as a model)
- अनुकृति करना verb (to follow as a model)
Hungarian
2 entries- imitál verb (to follow as a model)
- utánoz verb (to follow as a model)
Italian
1 entries- imitare verb (to follow as a model)
Japanese
3 entries- 倣う verb (to follow as a model)
- 模倣する verb (to follow as a model)
- 真似る verb (to follow as a model)
Khmer
2 entries- ត្រាប់ verb (to follow as a model)
- ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម verb (to follow as a model)
Korean
2 entries- 본뜨다 verb (to follow as a model)
- 흉내내다 verb (to follow as a model)
Latin
1 entries- imitor verb (to follow as a model)
Malay
1 entries- tiru verb (to follow as a model)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- utiba verb (to follow as a model)
Māori
1 entries- whakatau verb (to follow as a model)
Old English
1 entries- onhyrian verb (to follow as a model)
Polish
3 entries- imitować verb (to follow as a model)
- naśladować verb (to follow as a model)
- udawać verb (to follow as a model)
Portuguese
1 entries- imitar verb (to follow as a model)
Russian
2 entries- имити́ровать verb (to follow as a model)
- подража́ть verb (to follow as a model)
Slovene
3 entries- imitirati verb (to follow as a model)
- oponašati verb (to follow as a model)
- posnemati verb (to follow as a model)
Spanish
1 entries- imitar verb (to follow as a model)
Swahili
1 entries- iga verb (to follow as a model)
Swedish
3 entries- härma verb (to follow as a model)
- imitera verb (to follow as a model)
- imitera verb (to follow as a model)
Telugu
1 entries- అనుకరించు verb (to follow as a model)
Thai
2 entries- เลียน verb (to follow as a model)
- เลียนแบบ verb (to follow as a model)
Turkish
3 entries- taklit etmek verb (to follow as a model)
- örnek almak verb (to follow as a model)
- öykünmek verb (to follow as a model)
Ukrainian
3 entries- наслі́дувати verb (to follow as a model)
- удава́ти verb (to follow as a model)
- імітува́ти verb (to follow as a model)
Venetan
1 entries- recavar verb (to follow as a model)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bắt chước verb (to follow as a model)
- nhái verb (to follow as a model)
- theo đòi verb (to follow as a model)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Just imitate what he does.
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Schweitzer is a man to imitate.
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This bird can imitate the human voice.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.