Synonyms of mimicking

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noun

as in imitation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitation
• impersonation
• distortion
• exaggeration
• sketch
• comedy
• farce
• satire
• humor
• mockery
• parody
• slapstick
• squib
• spoof
• takeoff
• lampoon
• caricature
• rib
• burlesque
• send-up
• travesty
• put-on

mimicking

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verb

present participle of mimic

1

as in imitating

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

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

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as in emulating

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

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