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Synonyms for imitates
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : im-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for imitates Other synonyms for the word imitates
- affect
- be like
- borrow
- burlesque
- carbon
- caricature
- clone
- copy
- counterfeit
- ditto
- do like
- do likewise
- falsify
- feign
- follow
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- forge
- look like
- match
- mime
- 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
- Xerox
Définition of imitates
Origin :- 1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan.
- verb pretend to be; do an impression of
- Many a one imitates simplicity, but Amy was simple—one-fold.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- These are the forms of time, which imitates eternity and revolves according to a law of number.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Will not all men censure as womanly him who imitates the woman?
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- If he repeats or imitates the images of others, he achieves nothing.
- Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
- He walks like this (imitates Cavalry swagger), and he goes "Ha-Hmmm!"
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- "He imitates father and Uncle John in 178everything," she explained.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Freshman » by Pauline Lester
- The author who imitates the artificers of these, shall never have my custom.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- She imitates the anxiety of his tone with angry truthfulness.
- Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
- Must he not, therefore, who imitates her with the greatest fidelity be the best artist?
- Extract from : « Seven Discourses on Art » by Joshua Reynolds
- He walks like this (imitates Cavalry swagger), and he goes "Ha—Hmmm!"
- Extract from : « The Story of the Gadsby » by Rudyard Kipling
Antonyms for imitates
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