mimic

noun

A person who practices mimicry; especially:

A comic who does impressions.

An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.

An imitation.

(fantasy, roleplaying games) 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.

A mime.

verb

(transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

(biology, transitive) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

adjective

Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.

Mock, pretended.

(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Roots

mimosmim- · Greek · imitator, mime

Synonyms for mimic

mimickern imitatev simulatev imitativeadj impersonatev mimen imitationn resemblev imitatorn simulativeadj impersonatorn copycatn emulativeadj mimeticadj reproducev

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