Synonyms for imitate
ˈɪm ɪˌteɪtim·i·tate

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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

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1. imitate

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

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

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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

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1. • Copy
   • Resemble

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1. imitateverb

   Synonyms:
   copy, follow, pattern after

2. imitateverb

   Synonyms:
   mimic, ape, mock, personate, impersonate, take off

3. imitateverb

   Synonyms:
   parody, travesty, turn into burlesque

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1. imitateverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "imitate":

   mimic, emulate, replicate, impersonate

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How to use imitate in a sentence?

1. Confucius:

   If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

2. Donald Trump:

   If I ever did that, I would be ridiculed all over the place. I won't do it. I'm not going to imitate her, she's barking like a dog, and they're saying 'wonderful.'.

3. Jim Morrison:

   Some people surrender their freedom willingly but others are forced to surrender it. Imprisonment begins with birth. Society, parents they refuse to allow you to keep the freedom you were born with. There are subtle ways to punish a person for daring to feel. You see that everyone around you has destroyed his true feeling nature. You imitate what you see.

4. Sarah Coyne:

   We are more likely to imitate violence that is by attractive perpetrators who are justified for what they do, so superhero violence is kind of a really good recipe for that.

5. Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives:

   Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.