Synonyms of duplicating

duplicating

verb

present participle of duplicate

1

as in copying

to make an exact likeness of

art students trying to duplicate paintings in the museum's collection as part of their training

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originating
• creating
• initiating
• imagining
• inventing

2

as in replicating

to make or do again

we were unable to duplicate the experiment in our own lab, so we're suspicious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replicating
• repeating
• renewing
• remaking
• recreating
• redoing
• reiterating
• reprising
• reduplicating
• reinventing
• reenacting

3

as in doubling

to make twice as great or as many

the recipe can be easily duplicated in order to feed a large family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doubling
• multiplying
• increasing
• enlarging
• expanding
• redoubling
• compounding
• proliferating
• building (up)
• mounting
• accumulating
• escalating
• rising
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• swelling
• burgeoning
• ballooning
• waxing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of duplicating

Engineering is done once, allowing the second team to focus its efforts on new initiatives instead of duplicating work. — Andy Zosel, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Rather, each pair should serve a distinct purpose instead of duplicating another one already hanging in the closet. — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 31 July 2026

Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 5 June 2026

But Elliott’s openness to the idea of duplicating a move his father made 25 years ago was greeted with near-unanimous approval online. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2026

Then a bipartisan team will remake the ballot in a process known as duplicating. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026