Synonyms of mimicking

mimicking 1 of 2

noun

as in imitation

Related 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

2 of 2

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

2

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mimicking

Verb

Some really solid casting there in evoking, but not mimicking, either Faist or Abbott. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

By mimicking the oarfish’s fluid control, Shepherd’s team aims to construct large, silent robotic monitors capable of observing fragile ocean ecosystems without ever disturbing the wildlife inside them. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

In one interview, police brought him back to the home and filmed him recreating the scene, mimicking grabbing his gun, finding Causse, firing off the shots that killed Miller in the hallway, and then calling 9-1-1. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

During Texas' 20-17 win, Simmons was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct for mimicking urinating on the field after one of his school-record 5 1/2 sacks. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Shiny bustier dresses mingled with slipdresses decked in sequins mimicking python skin and tank frocks that had the ease of a beach robe, while high-slit skirts cut on the bias were paired with mannish white shirts. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Tirzepatide, on the other hand, works to curb appetite, slow digestion, and improve the insulin response by mimicking hormones in the gut, known as incretins. — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026

Other scientists go bottom-up, mimicking in a lab what Earth’s environment might have been like billions of years ago to try to produce the complex chemistry that became biology, as Miller and Rheinstädter have done. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Investigators said cychlorphine was found in counterfeit pills mimicking Xanax, adderall, and Oxy's. — Kevin Ko, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026