Synonyms of emulating

emulating

verb

present participle of emulate

1

as in coming (to)

to be the same in meaning or effect

what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coming (to)
• matching
• corresponding (to)
• meaning
• amounting (to)
• signifying
• equaling
• approaching
• suggesting
• adding up (to)
• rivaling
• touching
• importing
• measuring (up)
• denoting
• expressing
• meeting
• spelling
• connoting
• smacking (of)

2

as in imitating

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

a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents—not him

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emulating

Some edits of the clip show the character in black-and-white, staring at the camera, emulating a horror movie scene. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

In the two-thousands, criminal gangs in the southeast began emulating the practice—but as a way of making money rather than as an act of resistance. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

On the other hand, the technology is assumed to becomes more elevated by more closely emulating the body. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

One of his most ambitious projects, Macrohard, aimed to create a powerful AI agent system capable of emulating an entire software company — something that experts are skeptical is even possible. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026

But Nosková, on the verge of emulating so many of her compatriots and reaching the Wimbledon final, made sure that any nerves were only temporary. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 July 2026

But beyond emulating his career, Daniel also wants to leave the kind of impact on others that his father has. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026

In that sense, Hollywood isn’t becoming Detroit so much as emulating it. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 June 2026

That’s not a year fans should want any part of emulating. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026