Nearby Words
imitated
| Main Entry: |
imitated
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | copied |
| Synonyms: | aped, burlesqued, caricatured, counterfeited, duplicated, mimicked, mocked, parodied, parroted, plagiarized, reproduced |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed in a bad or artificial way |
| Synonyms: | apish, artificial, assumed, awkward, campy, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, gone Hollywood, ham, hammy, high falutin', hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on, schmaltzy, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural |
| Antonyms: | ok, unchanged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | borrowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriated |
| Synonyms: | acquired. assumed, imitated, rented |
| Antonyms: | owned |
| Main Entry: | reflected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mirrored |
| Synonyms: | cast back, echoed, emulated, imitated, repeated, reproduced, returned |
| Main Entry: | repeated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done again |
| Synonyms: | copied, done over, duplicated, imitated, recast, reciprocated, redone, reduplicated, refashioned, remade, replicated, reproduced, reworked |
| Main Entry: | traced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | copied |
| Synonyms: | drawn, duplicated, etched, imitated, imprinted, outlined, reproduced, sketched |
| Main Entry: | simulated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake |
| Synonyms: | artificial, assumed, counterfeit, derivative, factitious, fictitious, imitated, imitation, manmade, phony, sham, synthetic |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real |
| Main Entry: | la-di-da |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected |
| Synonyms: | apish, artificial, assumed, awkward, campy, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, gone Hollywood, ham, hammy, high falutin', hollow, imitated, insincere, mannered, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on, schmaltzy, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adopt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose or take something as one's own |
| Synonyms: | accept, adapt, affiliate, affirm, appropriate, approve, assent, assume, borrow, embrace, endorse, espouse, follow, go down the line, go in for, imitate, maintain, mimic, opt, ratify, seize, select, support, take on, take over, take up, tap, use, utilize |
| Antonyms: | disown, leave alone, reject, repudiate, repulse |
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