'Mimic' definitions:
Definition of 'mimic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison
noun
Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn: mimic, mimicker]
verb
Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" [syn: mimic, mime]
Definition of 'Mimic'
From: GCIDE
- Mimic \Mim"ic\, n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mimic'
From: GCIDE
- Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mimicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mimicking.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. [1913 Webster]
- The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mimic'
From: GCIDE
- Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Imitative; mimetic. [1913 Webster]
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate her. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. "Mimic hootings." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative. [1913 Webster]
- Mimic beetle (Zool.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied genera. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mimic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act a part,
- act as,
- act out,
- actor,
- actress,
- antagonist,
- ape,
- apish,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approximate,
- bad guy,
- barnstormer,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- bring to mind,
- burlesque,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- caricature,
- caricaturist,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- come close,
- come near,
- compare with,
- conformist,
- copier,
- copy,
- copycat,
- copyist,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeiter,
- cuckoo,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dissembler,
- dissimulator,
- do,
- dramatizer,
- duplicate,
- echo,
- echoer,
- echoic,
- echoist,
- emulative,
- enact,
- evoke,
- fake,
- faker,
- favor,
- feeder,
- feigned,
- foil,
- follow,
- forger,
- heavy,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- hit off,
- hit off on,
- hypocrite,
- imitate,
- imitation,
- imitative,
- imitator,
- impersonate,
- impersonator,
- impostor,
- impressionist,
- ingenue,
- juvenile,
- lampoon,
- look like,
- make fun of,
- make-believe,
- masquerade as,
- match,
- matinee idol,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimetic,
- mimicker,
- mirror,
- mock,
- mocker,
- mockingbird,
- monkey,
- monologist,
- mum,
- mummer,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- onomatopoeic,
- onomatopoetic,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- parallel,
- parodist,
- parody,
- parrot,
- partake of,
- pass for,
- perform,
- performer,
- personate,
- phony,
- plagiarist,
- play,
- play a part,
- playactor,
- player,
- poll-parrot,
- polly,
- polly-parrot,
- pose as,
- poseur,
- pretend to be,
- pretended,
- protean actor,
- reciter,
- remind one of,
- reproduce,
- resemble,
- ridicule,
- Roscius,
- satirize,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- sham,
- sheep,
- simulate,
- simulated,
- simulative,
- simulator,
- smack of,
- soubrette,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stooge,
- straight man,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- suggest,
- take after,
- take off,
- take off on,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- travesty,
- trouper,
- utility man,
- villain