Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection II. Relation
3. Partial Relation
19. Imitation.
MOCKERY, apery, mimicking, mimicry.
SIMULATION, personation; parrotism, parrotry; representation [See Representation]; semblance, pretense; copy [See Copy]; assimilation.
paraphrase, parody [See Copy].
PLAGIARISM; forgery (falsehood) [See Falsehood].
IMITATOR, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mimic; copyist.
MOCK, take off, borrow, mimic, ape, simulate, personate; act (drama) [See The Drama]; represent [See Representation]; counterfeit, forge, parody, travesty, caricature, burlesque.
FOLLOW in the steps of, follow in the footsteps of; follow in the wake of; tread in the steps of, tread in the footsteps of; take pattern by; follow suit [colloq.], follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another’s book, strike in with; take after, model after; emulate.
PARAPHRASTIC; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish, mimicking, borrowed, counterfeit, imitation, false, pseudo, near- [as, near-silk, colloq., U. S.].