Synonyms for emulate
ˈɛm yəˌleɪt; -lɪtem·u·late

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 19 votes

1. emulate

   Synonyms:
   rival, vie, compete, aspire

   Antonyms:
   disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise, contemn, waive

Princeton's WordNet

1. emulateverb

   strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

   "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"

2. emulateverb

   imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software

3. emulateverb

   compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with

   "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"

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1. • Compete
   • Computer Science
   • Imitate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. emulateverb

   Synonyms:
   rival, vie with, compete with, strive to equal or to excel

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "emulate":

   imitate, mimic, follow, replicate

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1. Jeb Bush:

   This is a place where I think President Obama missed a real golden opportunity, because he has a stable family, loving children -- great, balanced children from what I can tell -- a strong relationship with his wife, and he could have shown that as a model for others to emulate. And I don't think he's done it as much.

2. Sanam Hafeez:

   Parents sort of have this attitude where ‘do as I say, not as I do,’ if they are on the phone kids will emulate that. So parents need to have boundaries and rules about phone use.

3. Rick Kuhnla Jr.:

   She made a lot of sacrifices for me growing up, and I can really see, you know, what a huge difference that this made in my life. But she was always kind to everybody. She always helped anybody out if she saw somebody in need. And it's really something I try to remember and really try to emulate in my own life.

4. Russell Schultz:

   It was just a joke. No one hits hard, the five breakfast cereals is a joke that's supposed to emulate getting beat into a gang. You know, it is just a spoof, a parody, but it got taken too far.

5. Susannah Thorpe:

   A key part of the tool is that it's based on replicating the mechanical challenges that chimpanzees experience in the wild in their daily lives, so when they're moving around forest canopy they have to deal with branches flexing under their weight, they have to deal with planning routes in advance so they know where to go to get to the next food source and we're trying to emulate these mechanical challenges into the lives of captive chimpanzees.