IMITATED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

imitated

verb

past tense of imitate

as in copied

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior teenage musicians who imitate whichever rock stars are hot

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as in parodied

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of imitating someone's stutter and laughing at them is a cruel thing to do

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as in reproduced

to make an exact likeness of a second-rate artist who was notorious for imitating the works of other painters

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Recent Examples of imitated Then-Princess Elizabeth struggled to pronounce her own name as a toddler, and her grandfather, King George V, reportedly imitated her pronunciation. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The slow exchange with oxygen is imitated with micro-oxygenation technology — essentially, blowing bubbles through the wine. — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 This succinct statement follows outpourings of both support and criticism of Sims, including additional allegations that YISE has imitated other beauty brands—the very thing Sims was lamenting. — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026 The ’90s — its music, its films, its pre-social-media privacy — has become an object of fascination, and Long argues the era can’t be imitated or counterfeited. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 We’ve been copied, we’ve been imitated, we have been pushed to the back. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026 For incumbent candidate Dan McKee, art has already imitated life. — Whitman Littlefield, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026 Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded. — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

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There were city walks, passages of literature copied by hand, guqin music in a classical garden, an incense gathering at a waterside pavilion and a banquet beneath the autumn moon.

— Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Eventually, as lesser talents copied the techniques without the wit, the novelty wore thin, giving modernist cuisine a bad name.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of copied

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The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye’s abundant makeup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
The White House announced the arcade on X with several animations that parodied older gaming logos like Xbox and brands like Sega.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of parodied

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As luck would have it, the exhibition catalog contained an archival photograph of the very painting, originally reproduced in a 1952 Chicago Review piece on Abercrombie’s exhibition at Newman Brown Gallery.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
These earliest plants evolved from water-living multicellular green algae—descendants of the cyanobacteria—and reproduced using spores.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproduced

Verb

Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of emulated

Verb

Pearson’s experiment mimicked the behavior of a problem gambler to see when — and if — the company’s safeguards would stop him.

— ProPublica, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2026
In pre-industrial times, farmers planted an array of different crops in the same space, creating a diverse environment that mimicked natural ecosystems.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of mimicked

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Two Black men are rendered in graphite, eyes closed, mouths open with yearning, disclosing sighs of ecstasy or prayer.

— Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
In 1991, Saint Laurent closed his fall-winter 1991 Rive Gauche runway show with a finale parade rendered almost entirely in gold fabrics.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026

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