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imitate
Synonyms and Antonyms of imitate
1
to use (someone or something) as the model for oneʼs speech, mannerisms, or behavior
2
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
deride, gibe (or jibe), ridicule
duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce
act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate
elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretch
amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put on
3
to make an exact likeness of
Synonym Discussion of imitate
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- copied the painting and sold the fake as an original
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- imitate a poet's style
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- pupils mimicking their teacher
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- American fashion designers aped their European colleagues
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- mocking a vain man's pompous manner
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