Synonyms of simulations

simulations

noun

plural of simulation

as in miniatures

something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people

—often + of

a computer simulation of spaceflight

simulations of body movements

a simulation of the planet's surface

Related Words

• miniatures
• copies
• reproductions
• imitations
• mock-ups
• replicas
• reconstructions
• replications
• clones
• rubber stamps
• carbon copies
• duplicates
• carbons
• dupes
• facsimiles
• dummies
• reduplications
• counterfeits
• duplications
• forgeries
• knockoffs
• approximations
• mocks
• shadows
• fakes
• versions
• re-creations
• images
• phonies
• impressions
• rip-offs
• likenesses
• shams
• prints
• semblances
• imprints
• reincarnations
• spares
• reserves
• extras

Dissimilar Words

• originals
• prototypes
• archetypes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of simulations

Moreover, since the reactor already operates entirely through digital controls, researchers can test new software and monitoring systems under realistic conditions rather than relying solely on computer simulations or laboratory demonstrations. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

Chen and colleagues ran hundreds of computer simulations of mass transfer between binary stars and discovered that the key to generating an interacting supernova is when this mass transfer occurs late in the stars' lives. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 July 2026

Indeed, El Niño’s complexity limited the researchers’ simulations to two years; beyond that, the model becomes untrustworthy. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Manually coded simulations grounded in physics can help train robots more cheaply in virtual environments but can fail to capture many real-world complexities and uncertainties. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026

The scientists used computer simulations of earthquakes over the past 1,000 years to determine how stress accumulated along three fault segments of the southern San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. — Velvet Wu july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

The cleats, now scrupulously modeled in 3D simulations, originated as sharp metal nails, the kind sold at a local hardware store. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Along with real-world tests to train robot systems, companies also use digital simulations, where renderings of the robots practice tasks in the digital world. — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

But recent computer simulations suggest that black holes might have something of a back door. — Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026