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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps, follow suit, forge, impersonate, look like, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model after, parallel, parody, pattern after, personate, play a part, pretend, put on*, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, resemble, send up, sham, simulate, spoof, take off, travesty |
| Notes: | emulate means to strive to equal, excel, or match by imitating; imitate means to reproduce or copy someone's behavior or looks |
| Antonyms: | be original, clash, differ, oppose, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reproduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more copies of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, clone, copy, do again, dupe*, duplicate, echo, emulate, engross, follow, imitate, knock off, manifold, match, mimeo, mimeograph, mirror, parallel, photocopy, photograph, photostat, pirate, portray, print, reawaken, recount, recreate, redo, reduplicate, reenact, reflect, relive, remake, repeat, replicate, represent, reprint, restamp, revive, stereotype, transcribe, type |
| Antonyms: | abort, destroy, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | replicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto*, draw, dupe*, duplicate, engrave, engross, fake*, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | [Result of imitation.] Copy. |
| Category: | 3. PARTIAL RELATION |
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-nouns
copy, facsimile, xerox, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, similitude, semblance, cast, tracing, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait (representment); resemblance., duplicate; transcript, transcription; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo; recording, scan; chip off the old block; reprint, reproduction; second edition (repetition); rechauffe; apograph, fair copy, revise., parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase., [copy with some differences] derivative, modification, expansion, extension., servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake (deception); pasticcio.
-adjectives
faithful; lifelike (similar); close, conscientious., unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
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| Antonyms: | prototype |
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