simulating
Pretending to be
Simulating is creating an imitation or model of something—reproducing conditions, behaviors, or appearances for study, training, or deception.
Flight schools use simulators for simulating emergency landings.
Scientists run computer models simulating climate change.
Someone simulating illness pretends to be sick.
The word covers both legitimate modeling and deliberate fakery.
Copying another's behavior
- emulatingCopying to equal
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- copyingReproducing something exactly
reproducing · aping · echoing · parroting · duplicating · reenacting · impersonating · mocking
Pretending to feel something
- fakingSimulating something false
- pretendingSimulating what isn't real
- dissemblingConcealing true motives
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
bluffing · play-acting · masquerading · putting on · deceiving · shamming · fabricating · making believe
Relating to digital calculation
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- Monte CarloProbability estimation through randomness
- finite elementNumerical method using subdivisions
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
forecasting · predicting · numerical · parametric · data-driven · virtual · digital twin · prototyping
Hole-making by rotation
- practicingRepeated skill refinement
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
- exercisingActive physical exertion
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
preparing · role-playing · dry runs · walkthroughs · mock trials · fire drills · combat training · emergency drills
mimicking
Copying another's behavior
- emulatingCopying to equal
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
copying · reproducing · aping · echoing · parroting · duplicating · reenacting · impersonating · mocking · counterfeiting
feigning
Pretending to feel something
- fakingSimulating something false
- pretendingSimulating what isn't real
- dissemblingConcealing true motives
posturing · bluffing · play-acting · masquerading · putting on · deceiving · shamming · fabricating · making believe · fronting
computational
Relating to digital calculation
- algorithmicFollowing programmed steps
- Monte CarloProbability estimation through randomness
- finite elementNumerical method using subdivisions
stochastic · forecasting · predicting · numerical · parametric · data-driven · virtual · digital twin · prototyping · testing
drilling
Hole-making by rotation
- practicingRepeated skill refinement
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
- exercisingActive physical exertion
conditioning · preparing · role-playing · dry runs · walkthroughs · mock trials · fire drills · combat training · emergency drills
- pretendingpretend, pretending, fake, feign, make-believe
- imaginingimagining, visualizing, envisioning, picturing, conceiving
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- fooling aroundjoking, kidding, jesting, fooling, teasing
- approximatingguessing, estimating, rounding, ballparking, eyeballing
- starting overreset, reboot, refresh, reload, retry
simulatingactualizing
Making potential become real
authenticating · existing · originating · embodying · manifesting
simulatingdoing
Carrying out an action
performing · executing · enacting · implementing · living
- computer simulationDigital imitation of processes
- simulation gameInteractive model of reality
- flight simulationArtificial piloting experience
- combat simulationStaged military engagement
- military simulationsPractice combat operations
- sports simulationGames replicating real athletics