Synonyms of cloning

cloning

verb

present participle of clone

as in copying

to make an exact likeness of

will clone the designer outfit for the ready-to-wear market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copying
• reproducing
• rendering
• replicating
• duplicating
• imitating
• reconstructing
• copycatting
• simulating
• reduplicating
• counterfeiting
• forging
• mimicking
• faking
• re-creating
• ripping off
• knocking off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originating
• creating
• initiating
• imagining
• inventing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cloning

Live Share handles real-time collaboration, letting teammates edit and debug together without cloning repos or matching local environments first. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Researchers found that malicious repositories could steal Anthropic API keys by cloning them. — Santhosh Jayaprakash, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

The tree, which survives by cloning itself, is also considered culturally vital to the Kizh Nation, an Indigenous group. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026

And sure, animals such as starfish and flatworms can reproduce by cloning themselves—but at the end of the day, in most species, the survival of animals rests on their mothers. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026

In August 2024, a collective of voice actors and authors sued ElevenLabs for allegedly cloning voices without consent by using copyrighted audiobooks as training material. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026

Visuomotor learning—especially behavior cloning from human demonstrations—is helping bridge this gap, enabling robots to perform complex tasks in challenging conditions without explicit programming. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026

There were even recent reports that Ferguson was considering joining a reality show centered on cloning the late queen’s corgis. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Apr. 2026

Many organisms like certain plants and bacteria reproduce by essentially cloning themselves. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026