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
• sending up
• ridiculing
• reproducing
• performing
• travestying
• satirizing
• pretending
• aping
• replicating
• deriding
• lampooning
• duplicating
• parroting
• acting
• gibing
• feigning
• enhancing
• monkeying
• miming
• stretching
• exaggerating
• personating
• faking
• elaborating
• shamming
• pantomiming
• embroidering
• counterfeiting
• embellishing
• impersonating
• copycatting
• amplifying
• expanding
• 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

In the limited series, the cast attends a fan convention where they get caught up in a dangerous life-imitating-art situation — a premise drawing comparisons to the beloved sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Krasner warned potential copycats who were thinking of imitating Hughes' behavior. — Kelsie Cairns , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

For an industry watching this unfold, the lesson is not that scarcity marketing is a clever new tactic worth imitating everywhere. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Philip Sidney’s brackets provided a blueprint for elevated expression, and writers loved imitating him. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

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