Mimicking

Synonyms for "mimicking" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

accordance acting agreement alliance analogy approach approximation assimilation buffoonery business characterization closeness

Noun(4 words)

ape apingautomatic imitationcamouflage

Strong matches (24)

community comparison conformity correspondencedumb showembodiment enactment gag ham hoke hokum identity impersonation incarnation

Noun(8 words)

copy copyingcultural imitationecho emulate imitate imitation imitative

Verb(2 words)

imitating impersonating

Related words (39)

likeness masquerade metaphor mimicry miming mummery nearness pantomime parallelism parity patter performance performing personation personification playacting playing portrayal posing projection

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representation resemblance sameness semblance simile similitude simulation slapstickstage presencestunt

Noun(9 words)

mimesis mimetic parrot replicating resemble simulate simulatingsocial copyingsocial mimicry

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

adaptive resemblancebehavior camouflagecognitive processcultural transmissiondescriptor designevolutionary strategyimitation mimicry modifierprotective adaptationsocial adaptationsocial behaviorstyle

More specific

17 entries

Batesian mimicryMullerian mimicryMüllerian mimicryape apingarchitectural mimicryartistic pastichebrand mimicryechoingfacial mimicryfashion mimicrygestural mimicryparody parrotingpostural mimicryspeech mimicking

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Collocations

15 entries

biological mimicryfacial mimickingfacial mimicrygesture mimicrylinguistic mimickingmimicking actionsmimicking behaviormimicking gesturemimicking patternmimicking patternsmimicking processmimicking strategiesmimicking strategysocial mimicryverbal mimicking

Inflections

5 entries

mimicked mimickings mimicsmore mimickingmost mimicking

Derivations

7 entries

imitative mimetic mimetically mimic mimicked mimicker mimicry

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tests showed that Alex wasn't just mimicking.

Source: tatoeba (263409)

She was mimicking the various people in our office.

Source: tatoeba (1756961)

Stop mimicking me!

Source: tatoeba (3900380)

Mom, he's mimicking me!

Source: tatoeba (3900388)

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