imitate
Act just like
To imitate is to copy or reproduce the behavior, appearance, or qualities of something else.
A child imitates a parent's mannerisms.
An artist imitates the style of the masters.
She can imitate his voice perfectly.
Imitation may aim at flattery, mockery, learning, or deception—a forger imitates a signature, a mimic imitates a celebrity for laughs.
Assume another's identity
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
- apeTailless higher primate
- echoReflected sound wave
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
simulate · caricature · pantomime · lip-sync · doppelganger · chameleon · mockingbird · ventriloquism
Copy exactly
- duplicateExact replica of original
- reproduceCopy or breed
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
facsimile · transcribe · counterfeit · forge · photocopy · replica · xerox · reprint
Satirical imitation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- spoofComic exaggerated imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
ridicule · burlesque · travesty · send-up · farce · skit · roast · derision
Perceive with attention
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- drillHole-boring device
- rehearsePractice before performing
acquisition · assimilation · absorption · modeling · demonstration · instruction · muscle memory · rote
impersonate
Assume another's identity
mirror · simulate · caricature · pantomime · lip-sync · doppelganger · chameleon · mockingbird · ventriloquism · impression
replicate
Copy exactly
mirror · facsimile · transcribe · counterfeit · forge · photocopy · replica · xerox · reprint · copycat
parody
Satirical imitation
caricature · ridicule · burlesque · travesty · send-up · farce · skit · roast · derision · taunt
observe
Perceive with attention
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- repetitionAct of redoing
- drillHole-boring device
rehearse · acquisition · assimilation · absorption · modeling · demonstration · instruction · muscle memory · rote · memorize
aspire
Seek to achieve
mentor · protégé · role model · idol · apprentice · successor · influence · homage · admire · study
- acting verbspretend, perform, portray, enact, play a role
- impersonationimpersonator, impressionist, celebrity impression, Elvis impersonator, tribute act
- imitationcopy, copycat, replica, copying, fake
- follow the crowdconform, go along, fall in line, toe the line, copy
- presentationpresent, deliver, introduce, demonstrate, display
- restorerebuild, reconstruct, refurbish, rehabilitate, renovate
- imitation crabProcessed fish mimicking shellfish
- life imitating artReality shaped by fiction
- art imitates life
- pale imitationInferior version of something
- imitation vanillaSynthetic bean-pod flavoring
- imitation leather
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