simulated
Artificially made realistic
Simulated describes something made to look or function like something else without being the real thing.
A simulated leather jacket uses synthetic materials.
A simulated emergency tests responses without actual danger.
Simulated wood grain is printed to resemble real wood.
The word implies deliberate imitation, often for practice, testing, or cost savings: simulated combat training, simulated flight conditions.
Faithful scaled reproduction
- duplicateExact replica of original
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
clone · mock-up · model · recreation · prototype · analog · counterpart · stand-in
Falsely displayed or simulated
- fakedFalsely produced or simulated
- stagedArranged for effect
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- shamFraudulent imitation
fabricated · pretended · false · deceptive · phony · bogus · counterfeit · hoax
Existing in effect, not fact
- computerizedOperated by electronic processor
- computer-generatedMade by machines, not humans
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
modeling · rendering · graphics · data-driven · emulation · programming · automated · cybernetic
replica
Faithful scaled reproduction
- duplicateExact replica of original
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- reproductionCopying or procreation
facsimile · clone · mock-up · model · recreation · prototype · analog · counterpart · stand-in · reenactment
feigned
Falsely displayed or simulated
- fakedFalsely produced or simulated
- stagedArranged for effect
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
sham · fabricated · pretended · false · deceptive · phony · bogus · counterfeit · hoax · charade
virtual
Existing in effect, not fact
- computerizedOperated by electronic processor
- computer-generatedMade by machines, not humans
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
software · modeling · rendering · graphics · data-driven · emulation · programming · automated · cybernetic · 3D
drill
Hole-boring device
rehearsal · practice · war-game · role-play · bootcamp · dry-run · walk-through · preparation · tactical · evacuation
- screen intimacynude scene, sex scene, love scene, nudity, bedroom scene
- artificialartificial, synthetic, man-made, manufactured, fabricated
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- fakefake, phony, bogus, sham, counterfeit
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- copiedcopied, duplicated, replicated, reproduced, cloned
simulatedspontaneous
Arising without external cause
natural · unaffected · instinctive · unforced · unrehearsed
- dating simulatorGame simulating romantic pursuits
- flight simulatorAircraft piloting replica system
- computer simulationDigital imitation of processes
- simulation gameInteractive model of reality
- flight simulationArtificial piloting experience
- driving simulatorSoftware mimicking vehicle operation
simulate, simulation, simulating, simulates, simulator, dissimulate, simulations, simulators, simulative