Synonyms for copying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kop-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒp i |
Top 10 synonyms for copying Other synonyms for the word copying
- act like
- ape
- burlesque
- carbon
- cartoon
- clone
- counterfeit
- delineate
- depict
- ditto
- do
- do a take-off
- do like
- draw
- dupe
- echo
- embody
- engrave
- engross
- epitomize
- fake
- follow
- follow example
- follow suit
- forge
- go like
- incarnate
- knock off
- limn
- make like
- manifold
- mimeo
- mirror
- mock
- model
- mold
- paraphrase
- parody
- parrot
- personify
- phony
- Photostat
- picture
- play a role
- portray
- prefigure
- reduplicate
- reflect
- represent
- reproduce
- rewrite
- sculpture
- sham
- simulate
- sketch
- stat
- steal
- take leaf out of book
- take off
- trace
- transcribe
- travesty
- typify
- Xerox
Définition of copying
Origin :- early 14c., "written account or record," from Old French copie (13c.), from Medieval Latin copia "reproduction, transcript," from Latin copia "plenty, means" (see copious). Sense extended 15c. to any specimen of writing (especially MS for a printer) and any reproduction or imitation. Related: Copyist.
- verb duplicate
- verb imitate
- You will give me credit for copying, and at such a time as this!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "Not at all," replied the young woman, copying the street and number in her note-book.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- He worked diligently in many studios, drawing, copying, and painting pictures.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- He worked on, however, and gradually acquired expertness in copying.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- I have never had an opportunity of copying the words themselves.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Are you so taken up with the copying of those flowers that you can't speak?
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- They are drawn out; McEvoy is copying them now; but they'll be ready by three o'clock.'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- And you are able to make a good thing of it here,—by copying, I mean?
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- The Commissioner comes with his copying, and is full of jokes.
- Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
- He had been copying a verse for his sweetheart's birthday card.
- Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence
Antonyms for copying
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