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Nouns (7)

copy

n. a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"

copy

n. material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"

copy

n. a function that reads data from a source, leaving the source data unchanged and writes it elsewhere

written matter

n. matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

transcript

n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

reproduction, replication

n. the act of making copies; "Gutenberg's reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient"

Verbs (8)

copy

v. make an electronic copy

recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

copy down

v. copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

emulate

v. strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister"

simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

ape, imitate

v. appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (200)

fake, sham, postiche

n. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

trick, fast one

n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"

likeness, semblance

n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

pretence, guise, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

issue, number

n. one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

impression, printing

n. all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

reproduction, replica

n. copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

depict, portray, limn

v. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

figure, project, image, picture, fancy, see, visualize, envision

v. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

show, picture, depict

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

impersonate, portray

v. assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

lift

v. call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs

rest, pillow

v. rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

adapt, transcribe

v. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

draw, line, trace, outline, describe, delineate

v. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

write, communicate by writing, express by writing

v. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

ape, copy, imitate

v. appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

parody, spoof, burlesque

v. make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"

impersonate

v. represent another person with comic intentions

ape, caricature

v. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

mime, pantomime

v. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

lampoon, satirize, ridicule with a satire

v. ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

clone

v. make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"

model, simulate, reenact, re-enact

v. create again

warp, falsify, distort, garble

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

manufacture, construct, fabricate

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

fake, wangle, fudge, cook, manipulate, falsify, play with, misrepresent, tamper with

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

act, play, represent

v. play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

manufacture, make up, invent, fabricate, cook up

v. make up something artificial or untrue

raise, rear, put up, set up, erect

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

bunco, con, gyp, swindle, rook, mulct, nobble, diddle, defraud

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

juggle, hoodwink, beguile

v. influence by slyness

lead on, deceive, cozen, delude, mislead knowingly

v. be false to; be dishonest with

doctor, sophisticate, adulterate, doctor up

v. alter with the intention to deceive

abuse, misuse, pervert

v. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

appear

v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

adapt, dramatize, dramatise

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

mimeograph, mimeo

v. print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; "She mimeographed the syllabus"

photostat, Photostat

v. make a copy by means of a Photostat device

parallel, collimate, make parallel

v. make or place parallel to something; "They paralleled the ditch to the highway"

look, appear, seem

v. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

take, consider, look at, deal with

v. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

reproduce, procreate, multiply

v. have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (3)

start, initiate, originate

v. bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

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