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

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

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