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

Any remote hopes of the tourists making any sort of comeback and perhaps emulating Sri Lanka, another weak side, in 2024 by winning the final Test after losing the series in England were thrown out of the window by their own board. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Schofield suggested that Harry and Markle consider emulating the example set by William and Middleton. — Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Elf, however, deliberately taps into a cartoonish side of stop-motion by emulating the look of Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials. — James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

By listening, emulating, learning—and taking other people’s music to find my own voice. — Danny Klein, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026

But the point was just that Nick’s character is emulating Sheridan’s poisonous corrupted values, and the internet is a vehicle for that relationship. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Instead, Brink and stylist Shiona Turini consistently blend masculine tailoring and feminine silhouettes to create looks worth emulating all autumn long. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2026

News of his death, and its circumstances, has been cloaked in journalistic language that implies suicide, emulating the opacity of suicide itself. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

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