adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
mimic
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adj
Meaning 2
Mock, pretended.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who practices mimicry; especially:
A mime.
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noun
Meaning 5
A person who practices mimicry; especially:
A comic who does impressions.
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Synonyms: impressionist
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noun
Meaning 6
An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
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noun
Meaning 7
An imitation.
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noun
Meaning 8
A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
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Qualifier: roleplaying games
Topics: fantasy
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verb
Meaning 9
To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
constituting an imitation- Archibald Alison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the mimic warfare of the opera stage
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noun
Meaning 12
someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mimicker
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Broader terms: impersonator, imitator
verb
Meaning 13
imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The actor mimicked the President very accurately
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mime
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imitate, copy, simulate
History
Etymology
From Latin mīmicus, from Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós, “belonging to mimes”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: mimetista — adjective
- Spanish: mimetizador — adjective
- Spanish: mimetizante — adjective
- Spanish: mímico — adjective
- Esperanto: imitisto — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Bulgarian: имитатор (imitator) — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Finnish: miimikko — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Hebrew: חקיין (khakyán) — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Irish: aithriseoir — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Norman: d'ganneux — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Portuguese: mímico — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Punjabi: ਸਾਂਗੀ (sāṅgī) — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Russian: мим (mim) — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Russian: имита́тор (imitátor) — a person who practices mimicry, or mime
- Azerbaijani: yamsılamaq — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Basque: imitatu — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Bulgarian: подражавам (podražavam) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Bulgarian: имитирам (imitiram) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Catalan: escarnir — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Catalan: imitar — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Chinese Mandarin: 模仿 (Mófǎng) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Czech: imitovat — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Esperanto: imiti — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Esperanto: imitaĉi — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Finnish: imitoida — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Finnish: matkia — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- German: nachahmen — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- German: nachäffen — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Hebrew: חיקה (khiká) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Hungarian: utánoz — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Icelandic: herma eftir — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Khmer: ត្រាប់ (trap) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Latin: imitō — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Latin: imitor — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Latin: gesticulor — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Latvian: atdarināt — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Māori: tāwhai — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Norwegian: herme etter — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Oromo: akkeessuu — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Polish: przedrzeźniać — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Portuguese: imitar — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Punjabi: ਸਾਂਗ ਲਾਉਣਾ (sāṅg lāuṇā) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Romanian: mima — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Romanian: imita — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Russian: имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Serbo-Croatian: oponašati — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Slovene: posnemati — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Slovene: oponašati — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Spanish: arremedar — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Spanish: remedar — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Spanish: arrendar — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Swedish: härma — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Swedish: härm-apa — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Thai: เลียน (liian) — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Turkish: taklit etmek — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Turkish: öykünmek — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Vietnamese: bắt chước — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Vietnamese: nhại — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Welsh: dynwared — to imitate, especially in order to ridicule
- Bulgarian: мимикрирам (mimikriram) — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Chinese Mandarin: 拟态 (Nǐtài) — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Finnish: naamioitua — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Polish: imitować — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Portuguese: mimetizar — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Russian: имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Slovene: posnemati — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Spanish: mimetizar — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage
- Ukrainian: імітува́ти (imituváty) — biology: to take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage