mimicking

Definitions

Imitating the gestures, speech, or actions of a person or animal, often for entertainment or ridicule.

Resembling or reproducing the appearance, behavior, or characteristics of something else.

Examples

The parrot spent the entire afternoon mimicking the sound of the doorbell.

She was mimicking her teacher's gestures in a playful attempt to make her friends laugh.

The software is capable of mimicking human speech patterns with remarkable accuracy.

Synonyms

imitating aping emulating copying mocking parroting mirroring

Antonyms

originating creating innovating inventing differentiating diverging deviating