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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an imitator |
| Synonyms: | comedian, imitator, impersonator, mimic, pantomimist |
| Main Entry: | imitator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | copyist |
| Synonyms: | ape, aper, copy cat, echo, follower, impersonator, mime, mimic |
| Main Entry: | mime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impersonate |
| Synonyms: | ape, buffoon, clown, copy, farce, imitate, mimic, represent |
| Main Entry: | emulative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imitative |
| Synonyms: | apish, copied, duplicated, mimetic, mimic, simulated, simulative |
| Main Entry: | onomatopoeic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | echoic |
| Synonyms: | copying, imitative, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, onomatopoetic, parrot |
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act |
| Synonyms: | be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, assume the role, counterfeit, dissemble, fake*, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, sham*, simulate, suppose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reecho |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | echo |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, do like, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, rebound, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, repeat, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, rubber-stamp, second, vibrate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, scout, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, unmask |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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