Synonyms of imitates

imitates

verb

present tense third-person singular of imitate

1

as in emulates

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

• emulates
• copies
• mimics
• mocks
• repeats
• mimes
• echoes
• apes
• parodies
• performs
• plays
• copycats
• lampoons
• impersonates
• burlesques
• caricatures
• travesties
• pantomimes
• dittos
• reechos

2

as in mocks

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

• mocks
• parodies
• mimics
• does
• spoofs
• emulates
• simulates
• caricatures
• burlesques
• sends up
• reproduces
• ridicules
• performs
• plays
• satirizes
• travesties
• pretends
• derides
• replicates
• lampoons
• enhances
• feigns
• exaggerates
• elaborates
• embellishes
• acts
• parrots
• personates
• amplifies
• stretches
• dissembles
• apes
• monkeys
• impersonates
• embroiders
• overstates
• duplicates
• expands
• mimes
• magnifies
• counterfeits
• pantomimes
• fakes
• plays up
• overdraws
• pads
• gibes
• pasquinades
• shams
• puts on
• enlarges (on or upon)
• copycats
• fleshes (out)

3

as in reproduces

to make an exact likeness of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reproduces
• replicates
• copies
• renders
• duplicates
• clones
• simulates
• reconstructs
• reduplicates
• mimics
• copycats
• forges
• counterfeits
• rips off
• fakes
• re-creates
• knocks off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originates
• creates
• initiates
• imagines
• invents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imitates

After a long chase Rama is able to kill the deer with his arrow, but, before dying, Maricha imitates Rama’s voice and cries out for Sita and Lakshmana. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Sometimes life imitates art, but other times, art imitates life. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 15 June 2026

My mother imitates me, then converts the word into a pair of Korean syllables that sound most like the German. — Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

But neither painting nor photography imitates nature. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Like most creative endeavors, art imitates life at Monse. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 29 May 2026