imitate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
The mime imitated the passers-by
Types & categories
- reproduce hypernym
- conform to hyponym
- mock hyponym
- take off hyponym
- mime hyponym
- pattern hyponym
- take after hyponym
- emulate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
appear like, as in behavior or appearance
Life imitate art
Types & categories
- resemble hypernym
- ape hyponym
- emulate hyponym
- follow suit hyponym
Sense 3 verb
make a reproduction or copy of
Types & categories
- re-create hypernym
Related & opposite
- counterfeit derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | copying |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | copy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | copycat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imitative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reproduce |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conform to |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pattern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take after |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emulate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | resemble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | emulate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | follow suit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | counterfeit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | re-create |