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

The human neurons suffered severe, selective damage, mimicking the cellular breakdown that causes cerebral palsy in human infants during difficult childbirths. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 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

Companies and the screening tools can often see this, read it and see it as mimicking. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Too often, humorous novels find comedy by mimicking the things that film and TV do, relying on writing that often feels like transcriptions from the screen. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Even plants get in on the mimicry fun, with some mimicking the small of rotten meat to attract flies and others using their petals to trick flies into pollinating on them. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Although Craven’s touch is missing, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett honor his memory by mimicking his style while engraving their own slick mark. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

The 600-soldier 173rd Airborne Brigade, built to deploy wherever drones were needed, had been mimicking Ukrainian tactics and rapidly building its own systems to counter Russia and Iran-style threats. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026