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

The future of flooring, countertops, and walls isn’t about imitating nature. — Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2026

In light of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), Loretto sounds a warning to leaders about imitating the language used by AI tools. — Sally Percy, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

At this point, neither the players nor the audience knows one player isn’t getting the music or instructions at all, and is just imitating everyone else. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

Later in the game, Cleveland’s José Ramírez was seen in the dugout apparently imitating Yan’s airborne style of rejoicing. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

When her mother brought home a Boswell Sisters record, a young Ella Fitzgerald spent hours imitating the group’s front woman, Connee Boswell, in an effort to learn to sing. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

See, for instance, the song the women of the cast performed imitating the fervor for him. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026

Pangan remembers of Brun, imitating his gruff voice, and shaking her head. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

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