Synonyms for Imitation

Synonyms for "imitation" (406 found)

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Closest matches (82)

Noun(18 words)

academic emulationancient style imitationape the voiceapery artificiality canons caricatureclassroom mimicryclonescomputer emulationcopy copycatcopycat behaviorcopycats copycatting copyingdesign copyingdupes

accordance acting adoption affected agent agreement alike alikeness alliance alternate alternative analogy aped aping apocryphal approach appropriation approximation artificial assimilation

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Adjective(3 words)

biological mimicrychildish apingdummy descriptor

Strong matches (121)

duplicate duplication echo ectype embellished embodiment embroidered emulation enacting enactment equal equivalent ersatz exchange facsimile factitiousfair copyfaithful copyfake faked

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Noun(27 words)

duplicateemulate the mastersemulation modeemulations emulativeness epigone ersatzes facsimile fake fakes false falsenesshabit imitationhabit imitationsimitative actionimitator impersonation impersonations impostors lookalike

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lookalikes mimic mimicries mimicrymirror effectmirroring mock

Verb(3 words)

emulate styleemulating imitating

Adjective(7 words)

emulated designfakefake jewelfalse fauximitative learningmimetic

Related words (203)

mock upmock-up mockery mocking modelnearly reproducednearnessnext best thingnot unlikeonomatopoeia palingenesis pantomime pantomiming parallelism paraphrase parity parody paste pasticcio pastiche

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performance performing personation personification personnel perverted phoney phony picture pinchpinch hitterpinchbeck pirating plagiarism plagiarized plagiary plastic playing portrait portrayal posing pretended provisional proxy pseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquasi queer quotationre creationre-creation re-formation reappearance rebirth rebuilding reconstitution reconstruction recurrence redesign redoing redoubling reduplication reecho reedition reestablishment refashioning regeneration regenesis regurgitation reincarnation reinstitution reissue reiteration relief remaking renascence renewal renovation reoccurrence reorganization repetition replacement replica replication representation representative reprinting reproduction resemblance resembling reserve reserves reshaping restoration restructuring resumption resurrection return revision revival ringerrip offrip-off sameness satiresecond stringsecondary self-styled semblance sham shoddy sign similar similarity simile similitude simulacrum simulated simulationsmacking ofso calledso-called soi-disantsomething likespare spares spurious squibstand instand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneumsuggestive ofsuperseder supplanter supposititious surrogate swindle symbol synecdoche synthetic take-off takeoff taking temporary tentativethird stringtin tinsel titivated token travesty twinning twisted unauthentic understudy ungenuineuniform withunnatural unreal utilityutility playerversion vicar vicariousvice presidentvice-president vice-regent warpedwhited sepulcherwicked imitation

Noun(19 words)

model followingpastichespattern afterpostiche pretense replica replication reproduction ripoffsrole model imitationshams sim simulant simulated simulating simulation simulationssocial imitationtakeoffs

Adverb(1 words)

most copycat

Adjective(3 words)

phoneyplayful copyingsimulated

Verb(2 words)

simulate living systemstake off

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

18 entries

actor artificial copy copying doctrine entertainer humor humour ism performerphilosophical systemphilosophy representation reproductionschool of thoughtwit

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More specific

11 entries

apingcelebrity impersonatorclone duplicate facsimileimitation jewelryimitation leatherimitation marbleparodystage mimicvoice mimic

Collocations

10 entries

imitation exerciseimitation goldimitation jewelryimitation leatherimitation marbleimitation woodnatural imitationperfect imitationsound imitationverbal imitation

Inflections

1 entries

imitations

Derivations

4 entries

imitate imitative imitatively imitator

Antonyms

1 entries

formalism

similar

2 entries

artificial unreal

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What is the difference between imitation and real diamonds?

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It is merely an imitation pearl.

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Compare this genuine jewel with that imitation.

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It's incredible that you could write such a well-designed program after just picking up programming by imitation.

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Imitation