Synonyms of parroting

parroting

verb

present participle of parrot

as in repeating

to say after another

the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repeating
• echoing
• quoting
• mouthing
• dittoing
• copying
• aping
• imitating
• mimicking
• reechoing
• emulating
• miming
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of parroting

Eighty years of evidence, much of it the party’s own, shows cadres parroting the scripts given to them, performing the required contrition, and then reverting to their earlier behaviors the moment the campaign ends. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

Warsh’s signature move as chairman has been to strip out forward guidance so that markets can price the economy as opposed to just parroting the Fed. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Instead, what really appears to be happening is yet another cautionary tale about AI digesting incorrect information and parroting it back to users uncritically. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026

Students’ greatest skills are now parroting pre-formulated slogans and protesting on immigration enforcement, gender ideology, race, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court long before they have been taught the intellectual discipline necessary to evaluate any of those issues seriously. — Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026

So the dollar will remain the world’s monetary hub, while the doomsters continue parroting the same old nonsense. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

When Russia, another strategic partner, invaded Ukraine in 2022, China stopped short of condemning Moscow or opposing the war, instead parroting Russian narrative of blaming on the United States and its NATO allies for provoking the conflict. — Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026

Advertisement Witkoff was criticized early on by Zelensky and others for allegedly parroting Russian talking points and even relying during diplomatic talks on the Kremlin’s Russian language interpreter. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Nov. 2025

So usually what students just end up doing is sort of parroting whatever the professor says for the sake of the grade. — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025