Synonyms of imitating

imitating

verb

present participle of imitate

1

as in emulating

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

• emulating
• copying
• mimicking
• mocking
• aping
• repeating
• miming
• parodying
• echoing
• performing
• playing
• copycatting
• caricaturing
• lampooning
• impersonating
• burlesquing
• pantomiming
• reechoing
• dittoing
• travestying

2

as in parodying

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

• parodying
• mocking
• doing
• mimicking
• spoofing
• caricaturing
• emulating
• burlesquing
• simulating
• playing
• ridiculing
• reproducing
• performing
• sending up
• travestying
• pretending
• satirizing
• aping
• replicating
• deriding
• lampooning
• duplicating
• parroting
• acting
• enhancing
• gibing
• feigning
• personating
• monkeying
• stretching
• miming
• exaggerating
• faking
• elaborating
• shamming
• pantomiming
• embroidering
• counterfeiting
• embellishing
• expanding
• impersonating
• amplifying
• copycatting
• dissembling
• padding
• overstating
• magnifying
• playing up
• pasquinading
• enlarging (on or upon)
• overdrawing
• putting on
• fleshing (out)

3

as in copying

to make an exact likeness of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copying
• reproducing
• replicating
• rendering
• duplicating
• cloning
• reconstructing
• simulating
• copycatting
• mimicking
• reduplicating
• forging
• counterfeiting
• faking
• ripping off
• re-creating
• knocking off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originating
• creating
• initiating
• imagining
• inventing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imitating

Others echoed the comparison, saying Coca-Cola’s refreshed typography looked strikingly similar to Marlboros, in a case of reality imitating memes. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Hawk advocates imitating others before innovating, leveraging existing strengths like Wayne Gretzky, and embracing a beginner's mindset. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Then having a real experience — not imitating an experience, but going through something. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026

In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks. — David Szondy july 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

Second, GenAI output can reproduce part of a creator’s work or imitating their style, free riding on the years spent developing their craft. — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Some of the most notable moments show Atlas imitating human emotional reactions. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026

To celebrate, Gazza lay down on the grass and opened his mouth wide, imitating the dentist’s chair that had got him and his team-mates into so much bother a few weeks earlier. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 June 2026

As a 7-year-old, I’d entertain my father’s friends, at their weekly pickup game at a Bronx barn-house gymnasium, by imitating his game face—bottom lip jutting, eyes scowling. — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026