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Synonyms for imitation
ˌɪm ɪˈteɪ ʃənim·i·ta·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
imitation
A caricature is a grotesque exaggeration of striking features or peculiarities, generally of a person; a burlesque treats any subject in an absurd or incongruous manner. A burlesque is written or acted; a caricature is more commonly in sketch or picture. A parody changes the subject, but keeps the style; a travesty keeps the subject, but changes the style; a burlesque does not hold itself to either subject or style; but is content with a general resemblance to what it may imitate. A caricature, parody, or travesty must have an original; a burlesque may be an independent composition. An account of a schoolboys' quarrel after the general manner of Homer's Iliad would be a burlesque; the real story of the Iliad told in newspaper style would be a travesty. An extravaganza is a fantastic composition, musical, dramatic, or narrative. Imitation is serious; mimicry is either intentionally or unintentionally comical.
Synonyms:
burlesque, caricature, exaggeration, extravaganza, mimicry, parody, take-off, travesty
Princeton's WordNet
imitationnoun
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
Synonyms:
impersonation, caricatureimitationnoun
something copied or derived from an original
Synonyms:
impersonation, caricatureimitationnoun
copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
Synonyms:
impersonation, caricaturecaricature, imitation, impersonationadjective
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
Synonyms:
impersonation, caricature, personation, imposturefake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedadjective
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
"it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
Synonyms:
bastard, fake, put on, mistaken, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, faux, false, assumed, bogus, phoney, fictitious, sham, phony, off-key, pretended, untrue
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
imitationnoun
Synonyms:
copy, counterfeit, mimicry, impersonation, mimesis, pasticcio, parody, travesty, burlesque, onomatopœoea
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2392 | false | |
#5373 | assumed | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6823 | fancy | |
#7353 | impression | |
#11083 | simulated | |
#12027 | sour | |
#13465 | faux | |
#15342 | bastard | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#17637 | imitation | |
#18068 | bogus | |
#18520 | parody | |
#20014 | sham | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#28209 | extravaganza | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#30702 | phony | |
#31719 | caricature | |
#33694 | pretended | |
#38688 | exaggeration | |
#44881 | counterfeiting | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#52549 | impersonation | |
#56153 | travesty | |
#73494 | mimicry | |
#79590 | phoney | |
#121604 | fictive | |
#183563 | imposture | |
#203636 | delusive |
How to use imitation in a sentence?
I love when people say 'Imitation Game' is such a crowd pleaser, yes, it's a crowd pleaser but the guy kills himself. We've achieved something, it's a beautiful challenge.
Imitation causes us to leave natural ways to enter into artificial ones; it therefore makes slaves.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.
If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that we not only have feelings but insist upon having them at whatever cost to ourselves. The quality common to all the great operatic roles, e.g., Don Giovanni, Norma, Lucia, Tristan, Isolde, Br?nnhilde, is that each of them is a passionate and willful state of being. In real life they would all be bores, even Don Giovanni.
Translations for imitation
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- تقليدArabic
- imitacióCatalan, Valencian
- napodobenina, imitace, napodobeníCzech
- efterligning, imitationDanish
- Nachahmung, Imitation, Imitat, KopieGerman
- imitaciónSpanish
- jäljitelmä, jäljittely, imitaatio, kopioFinnish
- imitationFrench
- imitaciónGalician
- नकलीHindi
- imitazioneItalian
- 模倣, 真似, 模造品Japanese
- imitatioLatin
- imitasjonNorwegian
- navolgingDutch
- imitasjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- imitaçãoPortuguese
- imitare, imitațieRomanian
- подражание, имитацияRussian
- అనుకరణTelugu
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