Mimicry Synonyms

mĭmĭ-krē
The act, practice, or art of copying the manner or expression of another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aping
  2. imitation
  3. parrotry
The act of mimicking; imitative behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. imitation
  2. apery
  3. parody
  4. mime
  5. camouflage
  6. caricature
  7. pretense
  8. dice
  9. echo
  10. euphemize
  11. extenuate
  12. impersonation
  13. mimesis
  14. mimetism
  15. mimicking
  16. mockery
  17. minimize
  18. mocking
  19. moderate
  20. pastiche
  21. posture
  22. refine
  23. restrain
  24. strut
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. mimetic
  2. echoic
  3. mimical
  4. onomatopoeic

Words Related to Mimicry

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. same
  2. aggressive mimicry batesian mimicry müllerian mimicry
  3. batesian

Mimicry Sentence Examples

  • A few cases of mimicry have been recorded in birds.

  • But if it be discovered, as is possible, that the drone-fly is also inedible, the mimicry must be ascribed to the Mullerian category, and the reason for it becomes less evident.

  • The results of this experiment with the baboon and of those with the birds are precisely what would be expected if the theory of mimicry is true.

  • The term mimicry has also been applied to resemblances of a different kind from the two enumerated above - resemblances, that is to say, by which predaceous species are supposed to be enabled to approach or mix without detection with animals they prey upon or victimize in other ways.

  • A few possible cases of aggressive mimicry are enumerated in the following summary of some of the recorded cases of mimicry in different classes of the animal kingdom; but the phenomenon is of comparatively rare occurrence, and the supposed instances may be susceptible of other interpretations, excluding them altogether from mimicry, or bringing them under the Batesian or Miillerian interpretation of the phenomenon.

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