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Synonyms for imitate
ˈɪm ɪˌteɪtim·i·tate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
imitate
Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.
Synonyms:
accompany, attend, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, obey, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
imitate
Synonyms:
represent, copy, resemble, follow, portray, depict, repeat, pattern after, mock, ape, counterfeit, mimicAntonyms:
misrepresent, caricature, alter, vary, dissimilate, differentiate, modify, remodel, distort
Princeton's WordNet
imitate, copy, simulateverb
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
"The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
Synonyms:
copy, re-create, feign, sham, assume, replicate, simulate, modelimitateverb
appear like, as in behavior or appearance
"Life imitate art"
imitateverb
make a reproduction or copy of
Dictionary of English Synonymes
imitateverb
Synonyms:
copy, follow, pattern afterimitateverb
imitateverb
Synonyms:
parody, travesty, turn into burlesque
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
imitateverb
Synonyms:
copy, ape, counterfeit, personate, impersonate, mimic, simulate, parody, caricature
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "imitate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#476 | model | |
#611 | result | |
#1016 | copy | |
#1164 | follow | |
#2976 | represent | |
#3354 | assume | |
#3607 | attend | |
#4802 | repeat | |
#5752 | chase | |
#7546 | pursue | |
#7561 | succeed | |
#7591 | observe | |
#12721 | accompany | |
#13413 | mock | |
#14320 | obey | |
#15586 | ape | |
#17114 | simulate | |
#19286 | practise | |
#19605 | resemble | |
#20014 | sham | |
#20502 | replicate | |
#20732 | depict | |
#23715 | heed | |
#23800 | mimic | |
#24770 | portray | |
#25316 | counterfeit | |
#25599 | emulate | |
#32164 | imitate | |
#48782 | ensue | |
#58555 | impersonate | |
#91169 | feign |
How to use imitate in a sentence?
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Do not follow the bad example which I have set you; I have often undertaken war too lightly and have sustained it for vanity. Do not imitate me, but be a peaceful prince, and may you apply yourself principally to the alleviation of the burdens of your subjects
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
Refrain from doing ill for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds we are all to prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.
First you imitate, then you innovate.
Translations for imitate
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- قلدArabic
- imitarCatalan, Valencian
- napodobitCzech
- imitiEsperanto
- imitarSpanish
- matkimaEstonian
- imitarGalician
- imitál, utánozHungarian
- imitareItalian
- 倣う, 模倣する, 真似るJapanese
- whakatauMāori
- nabootsen, imiterenDutch
- naśladowaćPolish
- imitarPortuguese
- подражать, имитироватьRussian
- posnemati, oponašati, imitiratiSlovene
- imitera, härmaSwedish
- kuigaSwahili
- అనుకరించుTelugu
- nháiVietnamese
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