Antonyms for imitate
ˈɪm ɪˌteɪtim·i·tate

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.2 / 6 votes

1. 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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. imitate

   Antonyms:
   misrepresent, caricature, alter, vary, dissimilate, differentiate, modify, remodel, distort

   Synonyms:
   represent, copy, resemble, follow, portray, depict, repeat, pattern after, mock, ape, counterfeit, mimic

Matched Categories

1. • Copy
   • Resemble

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, model

2. imitateverb

   appear like, as in behavior or appearance

   "Life imitate art"

   Synonyms:
   simulate, copy

3. imitateverb

   make a reproduction or copy of

   Synonyms:
   simulate, copy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. imitateverb

   Synonyms:
   copy, ape, counterfeit, personate, impersonate, mimic, simulate, parody, caricature

How to use imitate in a sentence?

1. Mathieu Shamavu:

   You see they can walk one or two meters on two legs but also these animals are so used (to humans), they like to imitate and do what people do, we are always together, we feed them, we walk with them, we accompany them in their natural environment, we are in charge of their security. This is why these gorillas are used to us, their guardians and no one else, no journalist, no visitor would have been able to take this photo.

2. Anonymous:

   Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.

3. T. S. Eliot:

   Immature poets imitate mature poets steal.

4. Edgar Cayce:

   Healing of the physical without the change in the mental and spiritual aspects brings little real help to the individual in the end. How true, because the mind and the body imprint and imitate each other. What we think, we become. What we become, we think. It's an insidious process that can predispose us to illness or it can lead us to health.

5. Honoré de Balzac:

   You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

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