mimicked Definition

mimic
verb mimicked, mimicking

1. To imitate someone or something, especially for comic effect.

Thesaurus: mock, ape, caricature, burlesque, ridicule, parody, take off, impersonate.
2. To copy.

Thesaurus: imitate, copy, ape, simulate, mirror, resemble.
3. To simulate.
4. biol.
To resemble something closely, especially as a defense mechanism.

noun

1. Someone who is skilled at imitating other people, especially in a comic manner.

Thesaurus: mime, caricaturist, imitator, impersonator, impressionist, parodist, comedian.
2. biol.
A plant or animal displaying mimicry.

adj

1. Imitative.
2. Mock or sham.

Derivative: mimicker
noun

Derivative: mimicry

The skill or practice of mimicking.
Thesaurus: imitation, parody, mockery, burlesque, caricature.

The close resemblance of one animal or plant species to another species, or to a non-living feature of its natural environment, which protects it from predators or enables it to deceive its prey.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin mimicus imitative, from Greek mimikos, from mimos imitator.