What is another word for imitation?
827 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌɪmɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ˌɪmɪtˈeɪʃən], [ ˌɪ_m_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Imitation is the action or practice of copying someone or something. This word can be replaced by a wide range of synonyms, including simulation, replication, mimicry, emulation, counterfeit, facsimile, and copycat. Simulation refers to the process of recreating an experience or situation that is not physically present. Replication suggests the exact duplication of an object, while mimicry implies the imitation of another creature's behavior or appearance. Emulation is the act of imitating someone you admire in the hopes of matching or surpassing their success. Counterfeit refers to a fake or fraudulent object, while facsimile and copycat both imply the reproduction of an original or existing object.
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Similar words for imitation:
- duplicate (adjective)
- model (adjective)
- pretentious (adjective)
- representative (adjective)
- substitute (adjective)
- assumed (adjective)
- bogus (adjective)
- counterfeit (adjective)
- feigned (adjective)
- manmade (adjective)
- mock (adjective)
- phony (adjective)
- pseudo (adjective)
- sham (adjective)
- spurious (adjective)
- unnatural (adjective)
- act (noun)
- acting (noun)
- affectation (noun)
- art (noun)
- carbon copy (noun)
- caricature (noun)
- counterfeit (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- dummy (noun)
- duplicate (noun)
- echo (noun)
- emulation (noun)
- fake (noun)
- forgery (noun)
- imitation (noun)
- imposture (noun)
- mimicry (noun)
- mockery (noun)
- pastiche (noun)
- pretension (noun)
- replica (noun)
- representation (noun)
- reproduction (noun)
- sham (noun)
- similarity (noun)
- substitute (noun)
Synonyms for Imitation:
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adj.
• duplicate • model- copier ,
- co pier ,
- co-pier ,
- copiest ,
- more facsimile ,
- most facsimile ,
- re presentative ,
- re-presentative .
- Impersonating ,
- Masquerading ,
- affected ,
- artificial ,
- deceitful ,
- facade ,
- fake ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- fraudulent ,
- histrionic ,
- imposture ,
- la-di-da ,
- mannered ,
- mock ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- posing ,
- pretentious ,
- showy ,
- stagy ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- studied ,
- synthetic ,
- theatrical .
- Aping ,
- Rendered ,
- analogous ,
- approximate ,
- cartoon ,
- copy ,
- graphic ,
- illustrative ,
- metaphorical ,
- miniature ,
- outline ,
- pastiche ,
- portrayed ,
- replica ,
- representative .
- fakest ,
- madeup ,
- makebelieve ,
- more affected ,
- more imitation ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most imitation ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- pre tended ,
- pre-tended .
- dummier ,
- dummiest ,
- not what is cracked be ,
- not what is cracked to be ,
- not what is cracked up be ,
- not what is cracked up to be ,
- not what it is cracked be ,
- not what it is cracked to be ,
- not what it is cracked up be .
- crockest ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more faked ,
- more hollywood ,
- more pirate ,
- most faked ,
- most hollywood ,
- most pirate ,
- plantest ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- wont fly .
- more unauthentic ,
- more ungenuine ,
- most unauthentic ,
- most ungenuine ,
- un authentic ,
- un genuine ,
- un-authentic ,
- un-genuine .
- extra-ordinary ,
- in credible ,
- in-credible ,
- more concocted ,
- more staged ,
- more unconforming ,
- most concocted ,
- most staged ,
- most unconforming ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un accountable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un conforming ,
- un natural ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-conforming ,
- un-natural ,
- un-usual .
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n.
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- same .
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- real .
- Imitating ,
- Theatricals ,
- characterizations ,
- hamming ,
- pantomimes ,
- playings ,
- portraying ,
- posturings ,
- seeming ,
- seemings ,
- stagecraft ,
- stooging .
- going hollywoods ,
- in sincerities ,
- in sincerity ,
- in-sincerities ,
- in-sincerity ,
- pre tension ,
- pre tensions ,
- pre-tension ,
- pre-tensions ,
- puton ,
- putting air ,
- putting airs ,
- putting on air .
- de sign ,
- de signs ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signs ,
- modelings ,
- pictorializations ,
- sculptings ,
- sketchings ,
- symbolizations .
- Seducement ,
- blow off ,
- chicane ,
- chicanes ,
- comeon ,
- drawing card ,
- ensnarement ,
- nark ,
- narks ,
- shill ,
- shills ,
- sitting duck .
- clone ,
- ditto ,
- icon ,
- simulacrum ,
- xerox .
- parrotings ,
- re bound ,
- re bounds ,
- re flection ,
- re flections ,
- re iteration ,
- re iterations ,
- re percussion ,
- re percussions ,
- re-bound ,
- re-bounds ,
- re-flection ,
- re-flections ,
- re-iteration ,
- re-iterations ,
- re-percussion ,
- re-percussions ,
- ringings .
- four flusher ,
- four flushers ,
- four-flushers ,
- fourflushers ,
- gold bricks ,
- pre tender ,
- pre tenders ,
- pre-tender ,
- pre-tenders .
- burlesque ,
- carbon ,
- impersonation ,
- mirror ,
- parallel ,
- parody ,
- reflection ,
- replication ,
- simulation ,
- spoof ,
- travesty .
- mishmoshes ,
- paste ups ,
- paste-ups ,
- pasteups ,
- re appropriation ,
- re appropriations ,
- re-appropriation ,
- re-appropriations ,
- reappropriations .
- air ,
- artificiality ,
- bluff ,
- charade ,
- claim ,
- cover ,
- deceit ,
- device ,
- disguise ,
- falseness ,
- front ,
- gimmick ,
- guise ,
- mannerism ,
- ostentation ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- show ,
- stage .
- chip off old blocks ,
- chip old blocks ,
- mimeos ,
- re duplication ,
- re duplications ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re plica ,
- re-duplication ,
- re-duplications ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- re-plica .
- approximation ,
- bust ,
- carving ,
- cast ,
- depiction ,
- drawing ,
- duplication ,
- effigy ,
- figurine ,
- idol ,
- illustration ,
- image ,
- metaphor ,
- photograph ,
- picture ,
- rendering ,
- silhouette ,
- snapshot ,
- statue .
- fakeries ,
- hypo criticalness ,
- hypo criticalnesses ,
- hypo-criticalness ,
- hypo-criticalnesses ,
- hypocriticalnesses ,
- pre tends ,
- pre text ,
- pre texts ,
- pre-tends ,
- pre-text ,
- pre-texts .
Other synonyms:
- Counterfeiting ,
- REPRO ,
- human-made ,
- impersonate ,
- knockoff ,
- man-made ,
- mimic ,
- photocopy ,
- pose as ,
- reverse engineering ,
- role-play ,
- send up .
- DO .
- enlargement ,
- manmade ,
- mime ,
- photostat ,
- pinchbeck ,
- plagiarism ,
- takeoff .
- repetition .
- pretend .
- play .
Other relevant words:
- Aped ,
- Appropriating ,
- Colorable ,
- Conduplication ,
- Counterfeited ,
- Cribbing ,
- Ectype ,
- Electrotype ,
- Emulating ,
- Enacting ,
- Engineered ,
- Expositor ,
- Falsified ,
- Iconography ,
- Imitated ,
- Infringing ,
- Ingemination ,
- Lifting ,
- Mimicked ,
- Mimicking ,
- Mirroring ,
- Paralleling ,
- Paraphrasing ,
- Pasticcio ,
- Patterning ,
- Pirating ,
- Plagiarizing ,
- Plagiary ,
- Purloining ,
- Reestablishment ,
- Regenesis ,
- Representment ,
- Resembling ,
- SPARES ,
- Sciagraphy ,
- Substituent ,
- Titivated ,
- accomplish ,
- accordance ,
- achieve ,
- acting ,
- adoption ,
- adumbration ,
- adviser ,
- affect ,
- agent ,
- agreement ,
- alike ,
- alliance ,
- apery ,
- apocryphal ,
- apostle ,
- approach ,
- appropriation ,
- arrange ,
- art ,
- assimilation ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- assumption ,
- autoradiography ,
- backup ,
- bastard ,
- borrowed plumes ,
- brummagem ,
- carbon copy ,
- certified copy ,
- change ,
- changeling ,
- characterization ,
- cheap ,
- cheat ,
- chintzy ,
- cinematography ,
- clinquant ,
- colored ,
- commit ,
- community ,
- comparability ,
- comparison ,
- conformity ,
- construct ,
- contrived ,
- copied ,
- correspondence ,
- counterpart ,
- creativeness ,
- crummy ,
- cuckoo ,
- deception ,
- deceptive ,
- decoy ,
- defraud ,
- delineation ,
- delusive ,
- derivation ,
- deriving ,
- design ,
- designing ,
- dishonest ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulating ,
- distorted ,
- doubling ,
- duffer ,
- dumb show ,
- dupe ,
- echoing ,
- embellished ,
- embodiment ,
- embroidered ,
- empty ,
- emulate ,
- enactment ,
- engraving ,
- equal ,
- exaggeration ,
- example ,
- exchange ,
- extravaganza ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- fair copy ,
- faked ,
- falsification ,
- farce ,
- fashion ,
- faux ,
- favoring ,
- feign ,
- feigning ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fine arts ,
- follow ,
- following ,
- form ,
- frame-up ,
- garbled ,
- gemination ,
- ghost ,
- ghostwriter ,
- glorified ,
- glossy ,
- guide ,
- guru ,
- hoax ,
- hokey ,
- hollow ,
- homogeneous ,
- humbug ,
- hypocritical ,
- identical ,
- identity ,
- illegitimate ,
- imagery ,
- imitate ,
- imitative ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- incarnation ,
- infringement ,
- insincere ,
- iteration ,
- junk ,
- junky ,
- knock-off ,
- lampoon ,
- like ,
- likening ,
- locum tenens ,
- look-alike ,
- made-up ,
- make ,
- make-believe ,
- makeshift ,
- manufactured ,
- matching ,
- mentor ,
- meretricious ,
- metonymy ,
- mimesis ,
- mimetic ,
- miming ,
- mirror image ,
- miscarriage ,
- missionary ,
- mistaken ,
- mock up ,
- mocking ,
- mold ,
- munshi ,
- nearness ,
- not unlike ,
- off-key ,
- onomatopoeia ,
- originality ,
- painting ,
- palingenesis ,
- pantomime ,
- pantomiming ,
- parallelism ,
- paraphrase ,
- parity ,
- parroting ,
- pasquinade ,
- paste ,
- pattern ,
- perform ,
- performance ,
- performing ,
- personation ,
- personification ,
- personnel ,
- perverted ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- photo ,
- photography ,
- pinch ,
- pioneer ,
- piracy ,
- plagiarized ,
- plaster ,
- plastic ,
- playing ,
- portrait ,
- portraiture ,
- preceptor ,
- pretence ,
- pretended ,
- propagandist ,
- provisional ,
- pseudonymous ,
- put on ,
- put-up job ,
- quasi ,
- queer ,
- quotation ,
- radiography ,
- re-creation ,
- re-formation ,
- reappearance ,
- rebirth ,
- rebuilding ,
- reconstitution ,
- recurrence ,
- redesign ,
- redoing ,
- redoubling ,
- reduplication ,
- reecho ,
- refashioning ,
- reflect ,
- reflex ,
- regeneration ,
- regurgitation ,
- reincarnation ,
- reinstitution ,
- reissue ,
- reiteration ,
- relief ,
- remaking ,
- renascence ,
- renewal ,
- renovation ,
- reoccurrence ,
- reorganization ,
- representing ,
- reprint ,
- reprinting ,
- reproduce ,
- reserve ,
- reserves ,
- reshaping ,
- restoration ,
- restructuring ,
- resumption ,
- resurrection ,
- return ,
- revision ,
- revival ,
- rigged ,
- ringer ,
- rip off ,
- ripoff ,
- sample ,
- satire ,
- sculpture ,
- secondary ,
- self-styled ,
- send-up ,
- set up ,
- shoddy ,
- sign ,
- similar ,
- simile ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- slick ,
- smacking of ,
- so-called ,
- soi-disant ,
- something like ,
- sour ,
- spare ,
- specious ,
- spurious ,
- squib ,
- stealing ,
- stopgap ,
- study ,
- sub ,
- substitution ,
- succedaneum ,
- succeed ,
- suffice ,
- suggestive of ,
- superseder ,
- supplanter ,
- suppositious ,
- supposititious ,
- swindle ,
- symbol ,
- synecdoche ,
- taking ,
- temporary ,
- tentative ,
- theft ,
- thievery ,
- tin ,
- tinsel ,
- token ,
- toy ,
- transcript ,
- twinning ,
- twisted ,
- unauthentic ,
- unfaithful ,
- ungenuine ,
- unreal ,
- untrue ,
- usurpation ,
- utility ,
- utility player ,
- version ,
- vicar ,
- vicarious ,
- vice president ,
- vice-regent ,
- virtual ,
- vulgarization ,
- warped ,
- whited sepulcher .
- Crocker ,
- bogus ,
- counterfeit ,
- ersatz ,
- extra ordinary ,
- false ,
- hyped up ,
- model ,
- not genuine ,
- not kosher ,
- not legit ,
- not real ,
- not what it is cracked up to be ,
- pseudo ,
- soft shell ,
- tricker ,
- unconforming ,
- unnatural ,
- won't fly ,
- made up ,
- pirate ,
- planter ,
- sham ,
- snide ,
- substitute .
- Aperies ,
- Hocuspocus ,
- Mimetism ,
- Pharisaism ,
- affectation ,
- bluffers ,
- caricature ,
- carvings ,
- chip off old block ,
- coinings ,
- cover up ,
- coverup ,
- dummy ,
- echo ,
- echoes ,
- fakery ,
- false front ,
- falsifications ,
- feint ,
- flimsies ,
- forgery ,
- four-flusher ,
- fourflusher ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulence ,
- gold brick ,
- hypocriticalness ,
- impression ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- junque ,
- libel ,
- look alike ,
- manikin ,
- masquerade ,
- mimeo ,
- mimicry ,
- mishmosh ,
- mockery ,
- mockings ,
- molding ,
- onomatopoeias ,
- paste up ,
- paste-up ,
- pasteup ,
- phonies ,
- pictorialization ,
- portrayal ,
- pose ,
- putting on airs ,
- reappropriation ,
- representation ,
- reproduction ,
- ringing ,
- sculpting ,
- sell ,
- sendup ,
- shaping ,
- shapings ,
- symbolization ,
- take-off ,
- take-offs ,
- workalike .
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How to use "Imitation" in context?
"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." This adage is true in the world of fashion. Not only is it flattering to see someone wearing something that you love, but it is also inspiring. When people copy trends, they are able to show off their personal style in a fun, trendy way. Fashion imitation is also a way to branch out and experiment with new looks. If you have been looking for a way to break out of your comfort zone, try incorporating some fashion imitations into your wardrobe.
Paraphrases for Imitation:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
fake.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
counterfeit, forgery, simulation, tradition, alternatives.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
copy, copying, emulation, impression, replica, replication, reproduction, Counterfeiting.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Imitation:
n.
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act
copying.
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artifact
copy.
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cognition
ism, philosophy, philosophical system, doctrine, school of thought.
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act
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