Synonyms of imitated

imitated

verb

past tense of imitate

1

as in copied

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

teenage musicians who imitate whichever rock stars are hot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copied
• emulated
• mimicked
• aped
• mocked
• repeated
• mimed
• parodied
• echoed
• performed
• played
• copycatted
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• lampooned
• travestied
• dittoed
• reechoed
• impersonated
• pantomimed

2

as in parodied

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

imitating someone's stutter and laughing at them is a cruel thing to do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodied
• mocked
• mimicked
• did
• spoofed
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• travestied
• emulated
• sent up
• reproduced
• ridiculed
• played
• performed
• satirized
• simulated
• aped
• derided
• replicated
• pretended
• lampooned
• duplicated
• parroted
• counterfeited
• elaborated
• acted
• gibed
• exaggerated
• personated
• feigned
• enhanced
• embellished
• mimed
• stretched
• dissembled
• embroidered
• faked
• amplified
• copycatted
• padded
• expanded
• overstated
• pantomimed
• impersonated
• magnified
• monkeyed
• played up
• pasquinaded
• shammed
• enlarged (on or upon)
• fleshed (out)
• put on
• overdrew

3

as in reproduced

to make an exact likeness of

a second-rate artist who was notorious for imitating the works of other painters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copied
• reproduced
• replicated
• rendered
• duplicated
• cloned
• reduplicated
• reconstructed
• copycatted
• simulated
• mimicked
• counterfeited
• forged
• faked
• ripped off
• re-created
• knocked off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• created
• originated
• initiated
• invented
• imagined

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imitated

There is a reason this movie is a classic, so often imitated and honored by other directors; Kubrick deftly marries the supernatural with the everyday, just as King does in his novels. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Some reported names resembling Samsung Galaxy flagship models, while others imitated Apple's iPhone naming. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Clifford gates, however, can be imitated by a normal computer. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

The rest of the industry watched with envy, then imitated the model. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

The slow exchange with oxygen is imitated with micro-oxygenation technology — essentially, blowing bubbles through the wine. — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

For Denverites, the Boise Broncos blue and orange will be very familiar, but this shade of blue turf is now legally protected from being imitated so don’t expect to see it at Empower Field at Mile High. — Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026

This succinct statement follows outpourings of both support and criticism of Sims, including additional allegations that YISE has imitated other beauty brands—the very thing Sims was lamenting. — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026

The ’90s — its music, its films, its pre-social-media privacy — has become an object of fascination, and Long argues the era can’t be imitated or counterfeited. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026