EMULATOR Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

emulator

noun

Definition of emulator

as in ape

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as in competitor

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Recent Examples of emulator The only more surprising emulator news would be if NESticle somehow rose from the dead. — Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026 In one experiment, the developer Anthropic prompted its AI, Claude, to play Pokémon Red on a Game Boy emulator, and found that Claude was extremely bad at the game. — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 The Playback app isn’t just an emulator shell, either. — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025 This emulator can also account for how predictions will shift if parameters are merely tweaked by tiny amounts. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emulator

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Noun

Perched above the custom triple clamps are narrow ape-hanger handlebars flanked by a classic square headlight and a handcrafted cowl that accentuates the bike's narrow silhouette.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Yet the back-to-basics approach does wonders for the eventual ape prison break and rebellion, directed with great velocity by Rupert Wyatt.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of ape

Noun

But newspaper people ought to stand in solidarity with our broadcast brethren/competitors in this incredibly small-minded and grudging clash between the White House and the Washington press corps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
As figures like Goldberg publicly champion micro-practices, expect competitors to release bite-sized modules designed to fit between meetings or before opening a stressful email.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of competitor

Noun

First, pink parrot prints just up against green and gold panelling.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
San Francisco Animal Care & Control said the green parrot became stuck between two pieces of glass on a third-floor balcony of a building under construction.

— Kat Filardi, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of parrot

Noun

Sadiq said two attackers detonated explosives inside the compound Saturday morning and that police had killed six assailants so far, not including the bombers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
But the attackers may have stopped because one of them was wounded by an armed security officer at the mosque, federal law enforcement officials told CNN.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacker

Noun

Ellis, a singer whose voice resembled Elvis Presley, had gained a national following for a time as an Elvis impersonator.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
In it, Simpson pulled pranks on strangers dressed as a Ford Bronco salesman, a durag-wearing rapper, a pizza delivery man, an Elvis Presley impersonator and an elderly, white man.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of impersonator

Noun

Following their hot Sundance title Sasquatch Sunset, David and Nathan Zellner arrive in the Great White North with a sci-fi comedy about alien invaders, hellbent to conquer Earth, but in the form of a 1950s biker gang.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Using the format of a news broadcast, Welles announced an attack on New Jersey by invaders from Mars.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of invader

Noun

The latter line, in its phrasing and melody and even the musical tone of its words, is an almost perfect mimic of Santa Claus asking Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to guide his sleigh.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
In design reviews, require product owners to specify which consumer or internal patterns the new workflow mimics; adjust UI labels and steps to match those mental models.

— Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of mimic

Noun

And when the combatants’ political end goals are too muddy or maximalist, imposing costs indefinitely can seem like the only alternative to capitulation.

— NADIA SCHADLOW, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
Some of the people on at the scene told CBS News New York's Dave Carlin that one of the combatants had a knife.

— Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of combatant

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