Synonyms of copying

copying

verb

present participle of copy

1

as in reproducing

to make an exact likeness of

for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originating
• creating
• initiating
• imagining
• inventing

2

as in imitating

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior

she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitating
• emulating
• repeating
• mimicking
• aping
• mocking
• miming
• parodying
• copycatting
• performing
• echoing
• playing
• caricaturing
• lampooning
• burlesquing
• impersonating
• travestying
• dittoing
• pantomiming
• reechoing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of copying

Amy Winehouse‘s blockbuster album, Back to Black, which introduced her recipe for combining pop, hip-hop, and girl group aesthetics into a sound that pop stars are still copying two decades later, is getting a lavish reissue. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

The manipulations ranged from removing background noise to copying and pasting data to fabricate results. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

While many perceive Briscoe as following his hero's path, both men clarify this isn't merely copying. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

These young smart glasses users are copying those tactics and deploying them against other teens at their schools, and the overwhelming majority of this harassment has been directed at teen girls. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

Sweeping multilateral regulatory approaches, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, are losing their efficacy as other major markets, including China, cease copying the EU playbook. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Still, copying what an older woman did isn’t necessarily the same as learning from her. — Angela Haupt, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Rather than simply copying the appearance of seaweed, the researchers recreated its tangled structure using sustainable biopolymers. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

Presenter Gabby Logan gently teased him for copying the Argentine’s outfit on set, and Rooney laughed along. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026