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act like

VERB

copy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

emulate illustrate mimic pirate repeat simulate steal

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ape burlesque do echo embody epitomize fake follow incarnate mirror mock model parody parrot personify phony prefigure sham travesty typify

WEAK

do a take-off do like follow example follow suit go like knock off make like play a role take leaf out of book take off

Antonyms

STRONG

tell the truth

WEAK

be original

VERB

counterfeit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fabricate

STRONG

Xerox affect ape assume bluff carbon cheat clone coin copy defraud delude ditto do dupe fake feign forge imitate impersonate mimeo mimic mint phony pretend sham simulate

WEAK

circulate bad money do like go like knock off make like make money phony up put on stat

Antonyms

STRONG

be original differ oppose reverse tell the truth

WEAK

be honest

VERB

duplicate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clone copy imitate mirror replicate reproduce

STRONG

Photostat Xerox counterfeit ditto double dupe echo fake manifold mimeo multiply phony photocopy pirate redo redouble reduplicate remake rework trace

WEAK

do a takeoff do again do like dualize go like knock off make like make replica make twofold repro stat take off as

Antonyms

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be original

STRONG

divide

VERB

imitate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ape assume duplicate echo emulate impersonate mimic mirror mock pretend replicate reproduce resemble simulate

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Xerox affect borrow burlesque caricature clone copy counterfeit ditto falsify feign follow forge match mime parallel parody personate reduplicate reflect repeat sham spoof travesty

WEAK

be like carbon do like do likewise follow in footsteps follow suit look like model after pattern after play a part put on send up take off

Antonyms

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differ tell the truth

STRONG

disregard

WEAK

be original clash oppose reverse

VERB

impersonate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

imitate masquerade as mimic portray pose as

STRONG

act ape ditto do enact fake mirror perform personate play playact represent

WEAK

act a part act out assume character do an impression of double as dress as make like pass oneself off as play a role put on an act take the part of

Antonyms

STRONG

direct fail halt idle prevent stop

WEAK

be original differ oppose reverse

VERB

mirror

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depict echo embody epitomize exemplify follow illustrate imitate mimic personify represent symbolize typify

STRONG

double emulate glass image show simulate

WEAK

make like match take off

VERB

portray

Synonyms

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characterize depict describe illustrate interpret paint render

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copy delineate draw duplicate figure image impersonate limn mimic parody photograph picture reproduce simulate sketch

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confuse mix up obscure

STRONG

be original

VERB

simulate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affect mimic replicate reproduce resemble

STRONG

act ape assume bluff borrow cheat concoct copy counterfeit crib deceive disguise dissemble do equivocate exaggerate fabricate fake favor feature feign fence invent lie lift mirror misrepresent pirate play playact pose prevaricate steal

WEAK

do a take-off do like gloss over knock off make believe phony put on put on an act

Antonyms

STRONG

be honest destroy face give idle meet receive reveal tell the truth

WEAK

be real

VERB

take after

Synonyms

WEAK

be like copy ditto do like follow follow in the footsteps of follow suit follow the example of imitate inherit look like make like mimic mirror pattern after rival

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Today, Rocket Lab’s small-lift Electron rockets act like outer-space Ubers, delivering clusters of satellites into custom trajectories on behalf of imaging companies, government agencies and researchers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"They all have their issues and their problems and you watch it and then you kind of realise: 'Yeah, I kind of act like that sometimes'," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There, she can be any version of what the audience believes an obsessed woman might act like — what outrageous and unpredictable things she might do next.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Memory chips act like fuel lines for computing engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The tall boy gave Colton a push in my direction, while I tried to act like I wasn’t watching.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

act like

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