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
• reproduced
• sent up
• ridiculed
• performed
• played
• simulated
• satirized
• pretended
• aped
• replicated
• derided
• lampooned
• duplicated
• parroted
• counterfeited
• acted
• elaborated
• personated
• gibed
• exaggerated
• enhanced
• feigned
• stretched
• mimed
• embellished
• embroidered
• dissembled
• faked
• amplified
• copycatted
• expanded
• padded
• pantomimed
• overstated
• 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

Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded. — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

When fraudsters adopt voice cloning, banks respond with checks that test for the subtle traces cloning leaves behind, and when defenders turn to the study of behavior, criminals begin to rehearse how ordinary conduct can be imitated. — Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

But according to some luxury brands, authenticity is something that is often imitated but never replicated. — James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026

They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

That never aired because it was deemed too easily imitated. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

The fake audio clip imitated the principal using racist commentary, including statements that African-American students were unable to test their way out of a paper bag, according to charging documents. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 June 2026

The star imitated the lone star of Texas. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 June 2026