Synonyms for simulate
ˈsɪm yəˌleɪtsim·u·late

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1. simulate

   Synonyms:
   feign, counterfeit, pretend, impersonate, assume

   Antonyms:
   disresemble, discard, misrepresent, mis-exhibit, misbeseem

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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, imitate, feign, sham, assume, replicate, model

2. model, simulateverb

   create a representation or model of

   "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"

   Synonyms:
   mold, posture, mould, imitate, copy, feign, sit, sham, pattern, pose, mock up, model, assume

3. simulate, assume, sham, feignverb

   make a pretence of

   "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, adopt, take for granted, arrogate, get into, accept, strike, dissemble, take on, imitate, acquire, usurp, assume, put on, presume, affect, feign, take, model, sham, take over, seize, don, take up, bear, wear, copy

Matched Categories

1. • Re-create
   • Reproduce

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1. simulateverb

   Synonyms:
   feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend

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1. simulateverb

   Synonyms:
   pretend, feign

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1. List of paraphrases for "simulate":

   simulating, simulation, simulated, fake, mimic, spoof, faking, pretend

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How to use simulate in a sentence?

1. Sealmer Red Star:

   I'd like to have about a dozen Cobra helicopters spread my ashes, simulate some kind of missile attack just like Vietnam again. That would be awesome.

2. Passos Coelho:

   I've had two meetings with the Socialist Party and I do not intend to have another one just for show, just to simulate that we are looking to achieve a result ... because the Socialist Party has until now given no contribution for it to be achieved.

3. Olli Heinonen:

   You can repaint, and pour concrete, to hide radioactive residue or simulate the tests with non-nuclear material.

4. Guy L. Steele Jr., Tartan Laboratories:

   If the programmer can simulate a construct faster then the compiler can implement the construct itself, then the compiler writer has blown it badly.

5. Stephen Bartlett:

   This is exactly why were building quantum computers, this is a demonstration that quantum computers can allow us to simulate things that should not occur in the real world.