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simulator

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: /ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 M Y AH0 L EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who simulates or feigns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A game that attempts to reproduce an experience realistically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

Examples

  • a pinball simulator

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

Narrower terms: flight simulator, trainer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English simulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English simulator From simulate + -or.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: симулант (simulant) — One who simulates or feigns
  • Polish: symulant — One who simulates or feigns
  • Polish: symulantka — One who simulates or feigns
  • Belarusian: сімулятар (simuljatar) — machine or system
  • Bulgarian: симулатор (simulator) — machine or system
  • Catalan: simulador — machine or system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 模拟器 (mónǐqì) — machine or system
  • Czech: trenažér — machine or system
  • Czech: simulátor — machine or system
  • Esperanto: simulilo — machine or system
  • Estonian: simulaator — machine or system
  • Finnish: simulaattori — machine or system
  • French: simulateur — machine or system
  • German: Simulator — machine or system
  • Greek: προσομοιωτής (prosomoiotís) — machine or system
  • Hungarian: szimulátor — machine or system
  • Italian: simulatore — machine or system
  • Japanese: シミュレーター (shimyurētā) — machine or system
  • Malay: penyelaku — machine or system
  • Polish: symulator — machine or system
  • Polish: imitator — machine or system
  • Polish: trenażer — machine or system
  • Portuguese: simulador — machine or system
  • Russian: симулятор (simuljator) — machine or system
  • Russian: тренажёр (trenažór) — machine or system
  • Spanish: simulador — machine or system
  • Ukrainian: тренажер (trenažer) — machine or system
  • Ukrainian: симулятор (symuljator) — machine or system
Real reading context

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