Imitation

//ɪmɪˈteɪʃn̩//

Synonyms for "imitation" (336 found)

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Closest matches (68)

Noun(2 words)
caricaturecopying

Strong matches (100)

embodimentembroideredemulationenactingenactmentequalequivalentersatzexchangefacsimilefactitiousfair copyfaithful copyfakefakedfakementfakeryfalsefalsifiedfarce
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fauxfavoringfeignedfictitiousfictivefill-infollowingforgedforgeryframe upframe-upfraudfraudulentgarbledgeminationghostghostwriterglorifiedglossyhoaxhokeyhomogeneousiconidenticalidentityillegitimateimageimitatedimpersonatingimpersonationimpostorimpostureimpressionincarnationinfringementingeminationiterationjunkjunkyknockofflampoonlikelikenesslikeninglocum tenensmake believemake-believemakeshiftman mademan-mademasquerademetaphormetonymymimesismimicmimickedmimickingmimicrymimingmirroringmockmock upmock-upmockerymockingmodelnearly reproducednearnessnext best thingnot unlikeonomatopoeiapalingenesispantomimepantomimingparallelism
Adjective(3 words)
fakefalsefaux

Related words (168)

paraphraseparityparodypastepasticciopasticheperformanceperformingpersonationpersonificationpersonnelpervertedphoneyphonypicturepinchpinch hitterpinchbeckpiratingplagiarism
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plagiarizedplagiaryplasticplayingportraitportrayalposingpretendedpretenseprovisionalproxypseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquasiqueerquotationre creationre-creationre-formationreappearancerebirthrebuildingreconstitutionreconstructionrecurrenceredesignredoingredoublingreduplicationreechoreeditionreestablishmentrefashioningregenerationregenesisregurgitationreincarnationreinstitutionreissuereiterationreliefremakingrenascencerenewalrenovationreoccurrencereorganizationrepetitionreplacementreplicareplicationrepresentationrepresentativereprintingreproductionresemblanceresemblingreservereservesreshapingrestorationrestructuringresumptionresurrectionreturnrevisionrevivalringerrip offrip-offsamenesssatiresecond stringsecondaryself-styledsemblanceshamshoddysignsimilarsimilaritysimilesimilitudesimulacrumsimulatedsimulationsmacking ofso calledso-calledsoi-disantsomething likesparesparesspurioussquibstand instand-instopgapsubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsuggestive ofsupersedersupplantersupposititioussurrogateswindlesymbolsynecdochesynthetictake-offtakeofftakingtemporarytentativethird stringtintinseltitivatedtokentravestytwinningtwistedunauthenticunderstudyungenuineuniform withunnaturalunrealutilityutility playerversionvicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwarpedwhited sepulcherwicked imitation
Noun(2 words)
pretensereplication
Adjective(1 words)
simulated

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

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is a

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related to

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similar

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Translations

90 translations across 36 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μίμημα noun (copy)
  • μίμησις noun (act of imitating)
  • μίμησις noun (copy)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَقْلِيد noun (act of imitating)

Asturian

2 entries
  • imitación noun (act of imitating)
  • imitación noun (copy)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • іміта́цыя noun (act of imitating)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • имитация noun (act of imitating)
  • копие noun (copy)

Catalan

2 entries
  • imitació noun (act of imitating)
  • imitació noun (copy)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 模仿 noun (act of imitating)
  • 模擬 /模拟 noun (act of imitating)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • taqlit noun (copy)

Czech

4 entries
  • imitace noun (act of imitating)
  • imitace noun (copy)
  • napodobenina noun (copy)
  • napodobení noun (act of imitating)

Danish

4 entries
  • efterligning noun (act of imitating)
  • efterligning noun (copy)
  • imitation noun (act of imitating)
  • imitation noun (copy)

Dutch

3 entries
  • imitatie noun (act of imitating)
  • imitatie noun (copy)
  • navolging noun (act of imitating)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • imitado noun (act of imitating)
  • imito noun (act of imitating)
  • kopio noun (copy)

Finnish

4 entries
  • imitaatio noun (act of imitating)
  • jäljitelmä noun (copy)
  • jäljittely noun (act of imitating)
  • kopio noun (copy)

French

2 entries
  • imitation noun (act of imitating)
  • imitation noun (copy)

Galician

2 entries
  • imitación noun (act of imitating)
  • imitación noun (copy)

German

4 entries
  • Imitat noun (copy)
  • Imitation noun (act of imitating)
  • Kopie noun (copy)
  • Nachahmung noun (act of imitating)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חִקּוּי noun (act of imitating)
  • חִקּוּי noun (copy)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अनुकरण noun (copy)
  • अनुकरण करना noun (act of imitating)
  • अनुकृति noun (copy)
  • अनुकृति करना noun (act of imitating)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • mű noun (copy)
  • utánzat noun (copy)
  • utánzás noun (act of imitating)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • peniruan noun (act of imitating)
  • taklid noun (act of imitating)

Italian

1 entries
  • imitazione noun (copy)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 模倣 noun (act of imitating)
  • 模造品 noun (copy)
  • 真似 noun (act of imitating)

Latin

2 entries
  • imitamentum noun (copy)
  • imitatio noun (act of imitating)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • herming noun (act of imitating)
  • herming noun (copy)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • imitasjon noun (act of imitating)
  • imitasjon noun (copy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • imitasjon noun (act of imitating)
  • imitasjon noun (copy)

Old English

1 entries
  • onhyring noun (act of imitating)

Persian

1 entries
  • تقلید noun (act of imitating)

Polish

4 entries
  • imitacja noun (act of imitating)
  • imitacja noun (copy)
  • imitatorstwo noun (act of imitating)
  • kopia noun (copy)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • arremedo noun (act of imitating)
  • imitação noun (act of imitating)
  • imitação noun (copy)

Romanian

3 entries
  • imitare noun (act of imitating)
  • imitare noun (copy)
  • imitație noun (copy)

Russian

2 entries
  • имита́ция noun (act of imitating)
  • подража́ние noun (act of imitating)

Spanish

2 entries
  • imitación noun (act of imitating)
  • imitación noun (copy)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అనుకరణ noun (act of imitating)

Turkish

4 entries
  • imitasyon noun (copy)
  • taklit noun (act of imitating)
  • taklit noun (copy)
  • öykünme noun (act of imitating)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • іміта́ція noun (act of imitating)

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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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