EMULATOR Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

emulator

noun

Definition of emulator

as in ape

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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 But Microsoft has now spent years getting Windows and its Prism emulator ready for Qualcomm and now Nvidia chips, and Nvidia claims its own graphics and AI chops will take the idea further than ever before. — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 1 June 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 developer of the Zluda project, a CUDA emulator, has released a new version that gives AMD GPUs a big boost in PhysX performance. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for emulator

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Noun

To decorate the feet in designer duds, to emphasize their strangeness, their alien qualities that tie us to our distant ape ancestors, with expensive materials and odd shapes, is to walk fashion forward with Darwinian chic.

— Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
From the human perspective, that’s the rough equivalent of another great-ape species surviving for more than a millennium.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

Definition of ape

Noun

Anita Edmondson, a business owner and teacher who previously served on the Poway City Council, was elected to fill the council’s District 2 seat once again in the recent election against competitor Vanessa Springett.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Then check whether your brand gets mentioned, how it's described, whether competitors are included and which sources get cited.

— Dr. Bin Tang, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of competitor

Noun

Arias had just received a yellow card after sticking out his leg to slow a Ghana attacker.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Real Madrid attacker Brahim Díaz went into the right side of the box, dragging two defenders with him before laying the ball back to Ounahi to clinically score his brace.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

Definition of attacker

Noun

Kevin Nealon plays Happy’s overly positive AT&T Open partner Gary Potter, who comes off as more of an eccentric self-help guru impersonator than a pro golfer.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Congo fans helped pack out The Stadium Usually Known as Mercedes-Benz on Saturday (even without their beloved Patrice Lumumba impersonator).

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of impersonator

Noun

Randy Quaid played the tipsy Vietnam vet and former alien abductee Russell Casse, who ultimately delivers righteous vengeance upon Earth’s otherworldly invaders.

— Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of invader

Noun

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
This suggests the sounds green noise mimics may genuinely help the body shift toward relaxation.

— Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of mimic

Noun

They were controlled by two sets of levers, with plastic buttons that made the combatants throw left jabs and right uppercuts.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
But combatants in the subcontinent were unaware of the initial truce that had been made in the West, and dozens more battles took place around the world.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

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