mimic as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
mimic
noun
1 mimic
Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress).
synonym: mimicker.
verb
1 mimic
Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect:
— The actor mimicked the President very accurately.
synonym: mime.
Roget 450a:
mimic,
ape
(imitate)
19;
respond instinctively.
Roget 554:
represent,
delineate;
depict,
depicture†;
portray;
take a likeness,
catch a likeness
etc.
n.;
hit off,
photograph,
daguerreotype;
snapshot;
figure,
shadow forth,
shadow out;
adumbrate;
body forth;
describe
etc.
594;
trace,
copy;
mold.
dress up;
illustrate,
symbolize.
paint
etc.
556;
carve
etc.
557;
engrave
etc.
558.
personate,
personify;
impersonate;
assume a character;
pose as;
act;
play
etc.
(drama)
599;
mimic
etc.
(imitate)
19;
hold the mirror up to nature.
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Roget 599:
act,
play,
perform;
put on the stage;
personate
etc.
554;
mimic
etc.
(imitate)
19;
enact;
play a part,
act a part,
go through a part,
perform a part;
rehearse,
spout,
gag,
rant;
strut and fret one's hour upon a stage;"
tread the boards,
tread the stage;
come out;
star it.
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Roget 19:
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
reflect,
reproduce,
repeat;
do like,
echo,
reecho,
catch;
transcribe;
match,
parallel.
mock,
take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate;
act
etc.
(drama)
599;
represent
etc.
554;
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque.
follow in the steps of,
tread in the steps,
follow in the footsteps of,
follow in the wake of;
take pattern by;
follow suit,
follow the example of;
walk in the shoes of,
take a leaf out of another's book,
strike in with,
follow suit;
take after,
model after;
emulate.
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adjective
1 mimic
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mimicking
adjective
Roget 19:
imitated
etc.
v.;
mock,
mimic;
modelled after,
molded on.
paraphrastic;
literal;
imitative;
secondhand;
imitable;
aping,
apish,
mimicking.
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