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caricature
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
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  1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
  2. To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
  3. To depict in or as in a caricature
mime
Representation of an action, character, mood, etc. by means of gestures and actions rather than words
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  1. Representation of an action, character, mood, etc. by means of gestures and actions rather than words
  2. An actor or actress skilled in pantomime.
  3. A performer in a mime.
impersonator
One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
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  1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
  2. Entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.
comedian
A person who amuses others by behaving in a comic way
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  1. A person who amuses others by behaving in a comic way
  2. A writer of comedy.
  3. An actor in comedy.
copy
To admit of being copied:
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  1. To admit of being copied:
  2. (Informal) To provide (someone) with a copy of a specified document, text, etc.
  3. To include as an additional recipient of a written communication:
simulate
To achieve or imitate the characteristics or effect of
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  1. To achieve or imitate the characteristics or effect of
  2. To have or take on the appearance, sound, or character of; imitate:
  3. To use computer simulation to represent (a system, physical process, etc.)
impersonate
To imitate the appearance, voice, or manner of; mimic:
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  1. To imitate the appearance, voice, or manner of; mimic:
  2. To assume the character or appearance of, especially fraudulently:
  3. (Now Rare) To represent in the form of a person; personify; embody
make-fun-of
(Idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
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  1. (Idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
burlesque
To imitate mockingly or humorously:
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  1. To imitate mockingly or humorously:
  2. To imitate derisively or comically; parody
  3. To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.
echo
A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
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  1. A repeated sound that is caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface. The sound is heard more than once because of the time difference between the initial production of the sound waves and their return from the reflecting surface.
  2. A wave that carries a signal and is reflected. Echoes of radio signals (carried by electromagnetic waves) are used in radar to detect the location or velocity of distant objects.
  3. To repeat (another's words, ideas, etc.)
image
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
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  1. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
  2. (Computers) To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
  3. To reflect; mirror
imitate
To seek to follow the example of; take as one's model or pattern
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  1. To seek to follow the example of; take as one's model or pattern
  2. To use or follow as a model:
  3. To be or become like in appearance; resemble
mirror
To reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of
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  1. To reflect, as in a mirror; give or show a likeness of
  2. An object that causes light or other radiation to be reflected from its surface, with little or no diffusion. Common mirrors consist of a thin sheet or film of metal, such as silver, behind or covering a glass pane. Mirrors are used extensively in telescopes, microscopes, lasers, fiber optics, measuring instruments, and many other devices.
  3. To reflect in or as if in a mirror:
parrot
To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
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  1. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
  2. To repeat or imitate, especially without understanding.
reflect
(Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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  1. (Intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
  2. To give something back, as light or sound:
  3. To mirror, or show the image of something.
repeat
To do or experience something again, especially to win a championship for a second time in a row.
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  1. To do or experience something again, especially to win a championship for a second time in a row.
  2. To continue to be tasted, as because of belching
  3. To do, experience, or produce again:
ape
To imitate or mimic, especially in a thoughtless or inept way.
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  1. To imitate or mimic, especially in a thoughtless or inept way.
  2. To imitate or mimic
burlesque
To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.
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  1. To use the methods or techniques of burlesque.
  2. To imitate mockingly or humorously:
  3. To imitate derisively or comically; parody
caricature
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
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  1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
  2. To depict in or as in a caricature
  3. To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
imitate
To use or follow as a model:
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  1. To use or follow as a model:
  2. To copy (mannerisms or speech):
  3. To be or become like in appearance; resemble
mock
To show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer
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  1. To show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer
  2. In a false or insincere manner
  3. In an insincere or pretending manner:
parody
To make a parody of
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  1. To make a parody of
travesty
To make a travesty of; parody or ridicule.
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  1. To make a travesty of; parody or ridicule.
impersonator
One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
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  1. One who fraudulently impersonates another person.
  2. Entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.
mime
An actor, often, specif., a street performer, who performs in mime
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  1. An actor, often, specif., a street performer, who performs in mime
  2. Representation of an action, character, mood, etc. by means of gestures and actions rather than words
  3. A performer in a mime.
echo
Repetition of certain sounds or syllables in poetry, as in echo verse.
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  1. Repetition of certain sounds or syllables in poetry, as in echo verse.
  2. A wave that carries a signal and is reflected. Echoes of radio signals (carried by electromagnetic waves) are used in radar to detect the location or velocity of distant objects.
  3. The repetition of a sound by reflection of sound waves from a surface
imitator
One who imitates or apes another.
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  1. One who imitates or apes another.
parrot
A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes.
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  1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes.
  2. A person who mechanically repeats the words or acts of others, usually without full understanding
  3. Any of numerous primarily tropical and subtropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds.
Find another word for mimic. In this page you can discover 40 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mimic, like: caricature, mime, impersonator, comedian, copy, simulate, impersonate, make-fun-of, burlesque, actor and imitator.

Sentence Examples

  • In New Hampshire, I watched as another tried to mimic me and failed while no one even knew I was nearby.

  • In the Philippine Islands several species of Longicorns of the genus Doliops mimic hard inedible weevils (Curculionidae) of the genus Pachyrhynchus.

  • Sometimes it is only the males of a species of spider that mimic ants, as in the case of Ildebaha mutilloides and I.

  • between spiders and ants or spiders and beetles; yet even in this case both mimic and model have in common certain fundamental structural points to which the finishing touches completing the mimetic likeness are superadded.

  • We're attempting to artifically mimic the exact biological processes that the abalone exhibits.

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