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mimicadjective being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materialspolice were concerned that the mimic gun, although intended only as a toy, might be confused with the real thing in certain situations artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic cultured, manufactured, processunauthenticadulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)concocted, fabricatedcounterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony(also phoney)affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious genuine, natural, real authentic, bona fide, legitimate, truepremium, quality, valuablepure, unadulterated using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or modela mimic battle fought by kids playing around in the schoolyard apish, canned, emulative, epigonic(or epigonous), formulaic, imitative, mimetic, slavish, unoriginal copied, cribbed, plagiarizedartificial, bogus, factitious, fake, false, imitation, man-made, mock, sham, simulated, substitute, syntheticduplicated, photocopied, reduplicated, reproduced, transcribedbackupcounterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleadingcut-and-dried(also cut-and-dry), perfunctory, routine, uninspired archetypal(also archetypical), original authentic, bona fide, legitimate, truegenuine, natural, realclassic, ideal, model mimicnouna person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effecta gifted mimic who can do a terrific imitation of anyone's voice imitator, impersonator, impressionist, personator burlesquer, caricaturist, lampooner, mocker, parodist, satiristmime, mimer, mummer, pantomime, pantomimistactor, entertainer, performer, player, trouperape, copycat, echo, parrot, rubber stamp an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movementsa mimic in black clothes and white facial makeup mime, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist busker(chiefly British), entertainer, performer, player, trouperaper, imitator, impersonator, impressionistclown, pantaloon mimicverbto copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun ofthe comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock, parody, send up, spoof, travesty lampoon, pasquinade, satirizederide, gibe(or jibe), ridiculeape, copycat, monkey, parrotduplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduceact, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulateelaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretchamplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put onmime, pantomimeimpersonate, perform, personate, play to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behaviorbegan to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made ape, copy, copycat, emulate, imitate, mime ditto, echo, reecho, repeatburlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, parody, travestyimpersonate, perform, playpantomime v.copy, imitate, mimic, ape, mock mean to make something so that it resembles an existing thing.copy suggests duplicating an original as nearly as possible.copied the painting and sold the fake as an original imitate suggests following a model or a pattern but may allow for some variation.imitate a poet's style mimic implies a close copying (as of voice or mannerism) often for fun, ridicule, or lifelike imitation.pupils mimicking their teacher ape may suggest presumptuous, slavish, or inept imitating of a superior original.American fashion designers aped their European colleagues mock usually implies imitation with derision.mocking a vain man's pompous manner in 1596 |