'Simulate' definitions:
Definition of 'simulate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate]
verb
Create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate]
verb
Definition of 'Simulate'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Simulate'
From: GCIDE
- Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Simulating.] To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign. [1913 Webster]
- The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'simulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act a part,
- act like,
- adopt,
- affect,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- appropriate,
- approximate,
- assume,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- bluff,
- borrow,
- bring to mind,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- chorus,
- come close,
- come near,
- compare with,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- crib,
- derive from,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- ditto,
- do,
- do a bit,
- do like,
- dramatize,
- echo,
- evoke,
- fake,
- favor,
- feature,
- feign,
- follow,
- forge,
- four-flush,
- gammon,
- go like,
- histrionize,
- hoke,
- hoke up,
- imitate,
- infringe,
- let on,
- let on like,
- look like,
- make a pretense,
- make like,
- make out like,
- make use of,
- match,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- mock,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- overact,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- pirate,
- plagiarize,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play possum,
- playact,
- pose,
- pretend,
- profess,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- reecho,
- reflect,
- remind one of,
- repeat,
- resemble,
- savor of,
- seem like,
- sham,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- steal,
- suggest,
- take,
- take after,
- take on,
- take over,
- tug the heartstrings,
- wear