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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate |
| Synonyms: | act like, ape, burlesque, do, do a take-off, do like, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, fake, follow, follow example, follow suit, go like, illustrate, incarnate, knock off, make like, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, pirate, play a role, prefigure, repeat, sham, simulate, steal, take leaf out of book, take off, travesty, typify |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Antonyms: | be original |
| Main Entry: | duplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a copy; repeat |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, act like, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do a takeoff, do again, do like, double, dualize, dupe, echo, fake, go like, imitate, knock off, make like, make replica, make twofold, manifold, mimeo, mirror, multiply, phony, photocopy, photostat, pirate*, redo, redouble, reduplicate, remake, replicate, repro, reproduce, rework, stat, take off as, trace |
| Notes: | duplication may be regarded as an activity because one duplicates (makes again) something, but replication is a process in which something is replicated (copied) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an untruth |
| Synonyms: | BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile, break promise, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, go back on, invent, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, put up a front, snow*, soft-soap, string along, victimize |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, borrow, cheat, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib*, deceive, disguise, dissemble, do, do a take-off, do like, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, favor, feature, feign, fence, gloss over, invent, knock off, lie, lift, make believe, mimic, mirror, misrepresent, phony, pirate, play, playact, pose, prevaricate, put on an act, put on*, replicate, reproduce, resemble, steal |
| Antonyms: | be real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Front. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; special |
| Synonyms: |
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be in front, stand in front; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to the fore.
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| Antonyms: | rear |
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| Concept: | Imitation. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
| Synonyms: |
-verbs
imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo, reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel., mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act (drama); represent. [more]; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, burlesque., follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate.
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| Antonyms: | nonimitation |
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