Synonyms of mimicked

mimicked

verb

past tense of mimic

1

as in imitated

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitated
• parodied
• mocked
• did
• spoofed
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• travestied
• emulated
• sent up
• simulated
• played
• performed
• reproduced
• ridiculed
• satirized
• replicated
• pretended
• aped
• derided
• lampooned
• duplicated
• parroted
• enhanced
• acted
• elaborated
• exaggerated
• feigned
• gibed
• stretched
• embellished
• mimed
• expanded
• faked
• amplified
• counterfeited
• pantomimed
• embroidered
• padded
• personated
• dissembled
• magnified
• monkeyed
• overstated
• enlarged (on or upon)
• impersonated
• copycatted
• played up
• shammed
• fleshed (out)
• pasquinaded
• put on
• overdrew

2

as in copied

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior

began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitated
• copied
• emulated
• mocked
• repeated
• aped
• mimed
• echoed
• parodied
• performed
• played
• copycatted
• caricatured
• reechoed
• lampooned
• burlesqued
• dittoed
• travestied
• impersonated
• pantomimed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mimicked

Before their game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, James basically ignored the national anthem and mimicked a golf swing and a jump shot while his teammates stood solemnly nearby. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

That's the field dedicated to protecting Earth from the possibility of a calamitous asteroid impact, and DART mimicked how humans could change the orbit of a threatening space rock, taking it off its collision course. — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

That peptide mimicked the human hormone GLP-1, which prompts the pancreas to release insulin and makes people feel full. — Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Pearson’s experiment mimicked the behavior of a problem gambler to see when — and if — the company’s safeguards would stop him. — ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026

In pre-industrial times, farmers planted an array of different crops in the same space, creating a diverse environment that mimicked natural ecosystems. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Gray wore a double-breasted blazer with faint lines that mimicked the angularity of the garment’s construction. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

The allied soldiers performed well in a scenario that mimicked previous conflicts with limited air threats, but their systems were not designed for the large drone swarms of modern combat. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

When a sensor detected movement in a rat’s front paw, another device was automatically activated to stimulate a hind-leg muscle, producing a contraction that mimicked part of the animal’s natural walking motion. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026