imitates

VERB

pretend to be; do an impression of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

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

STRONGEST

differ tell truth

STRONG

disregard

WEAK

be original clash oppose reverse

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imitates

Researchers have created a hollow CdS@polydopamine nanoreactor that imitates two important features of living cells.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

We’ll all find out together if, with the original stock market superstition, life actually imitates art.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

“In Europa, you perform the same concert and the response is much more, how you say, restrained. In England it is”—he imitates a posh English accent—“ ‘That was really lovely, you know.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Michael Bay said last year the tech "will create a whole bunch of lazy people" because "it doesn't create, it just imitates".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

Terese is impressified with Zola and imitates the way Zola stands, the way she holds her head and moves her arms.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech