Irene Pepperberg, a researcher at Northwestern University, is discovering that a parrot can not only mimic people but also learn the meaning of words.
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Mimic
//ˈmɪm.ɪk//
Synonyms for "mimic" (185 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (92)
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Verb(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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5 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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1 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 34 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yamsılamaq verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Basque
1 entries- imitatu verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Bulgarian
4 entries- имитатор noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- имитирам verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- мимикрирам verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
- подражавам verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Catalan
2 entries- escarnir verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- imitar verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拟态 verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
- 模仿 verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Czech
1 entries- imitovat verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Esperanto
2 entries- imitaĉi verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- imiti verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Finnish
4 entries- miimikko noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- imitoida verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- matkia verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- naamioitua verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
German
2 entries- nachahmen verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- nachäffen verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Hebrew
2 entries- חקיין noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- חיקה verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Hungarian
1 entries- utánoz verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Icelandic
1 entries- herma eftir verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Irish
1 entries- aithriseoir noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
Khmer
1 entries- ត្រាប់ verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Latin
3 entries- gesticulor verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- imitor verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- imitō verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Latvian
1 entries- atdarināt verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Māori
1 entries- tāwhai verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Norman
1 entries- d'ganneux noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
Norwegian
1 entries- herme etter verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Oromo
1 entries- akkeessuu verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Polish
2 entries- imitować verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
- przedrzeźniać verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Portuguese
3 entries- mímico noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- imitar verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- mimetizar verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਸਾਂਗੀ noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- ਸਾਂਗ ਲਾਉਣਾ verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Romanian
2 entries- imita verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- mima verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Russian
4 entries- имита́тор noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- мим noun (a person who practices mimicry, or mime)
- имити́ровать verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- имити́ровать verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- oponašati verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Slovene
3 entries- oponašati verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- posnemati verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- posnemati verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
Spanish
4 entries- arremedar verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- arrendar verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- mimetizar verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
- remedar verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Swedish
2 entries- härm-apa verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- härma verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Thai
1 entries- เลียน verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Turkish
2 entries- taklit etmek verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- öykünmek verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Ukrainian
1 entries- імітува́ти verb (biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bắt chước verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
- nhại verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Welsh
1 entries- dynwared verb (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Sport is frankly mimic warfare.
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A parrot can mimic a person's voice.
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He began to mimic the speech and gait of persons in the street.
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