imitation

• Xerox
• adulterated
• affected
• apery
• aping
• approximation
• artificial
• bogus
• brummagem
• carbon
• carbon copy
• clone
• concocted
• copy
• counterfeit
• counterfeiting
• counterpart
• cultured
• deceptive
• designer
• ditto
• doctored
• dummy
• dupe
• duplicate
• duplication
• echoing
• engineered
• ersatz
• extra
• fabricated
• facsimile
• factitious
• fake
• false
• faux
• feigned
• forged
• forgery
• fraudulent
• fudged
• image
• imitative
• impersonation
• impression
• imprint
• juggled
• knockoff
• likeness
• man-made
• manipulated
• manufactured
• match
• matching
• mime
• mimesis
• mimic
• mimicry
• miniature
• mirroring
• misleading
• mock
• mock-up
• mockery
• parallel
• paralleling
• paraphrasing
• parody
• parroting
• patterning
• phoney
• phony
• picture
• pinchbeck
• pretend
• print
• process
• pseudo
• re-creation
• reconstruction
• reduplication
• reflection
• reincarnation
• replica
• replication
• representing
• reproduction
• resemblance
• reserve
• ringer
• rip-off
• rubber stamp
• semblance
• shadow
• sham
• simulacrum
• simulated
• simulation
• spare
• spurious
• substitute
• synthetic
• takeoff
• transcription
• travesty
• unauthentic
• version

• archetype
• authentic
• bona fide
• difference
• genuine
• legitimate
• natural
• opposite
• original
• premium
• prototype
• pure
• quality
• real
• reality
• reverse
• seriousness
• solemnity
• true
• unadulterated
• valuable

• noun
  1. The act of imitating.
  2. (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

• The artist's work was so detailed that it was hard to tell if it was an original or an imitation.
• The child’s speech was an adorable imitation of her parents' accents.
• He bought a watch that looked expensive, but it was just a cheap imitation.
• The chef was known for his imitation of classic dishes with a modern twist.
• Imitation leather can be a more affordable and animal-friendly option.

ban

• a thou-shalt-not
• anathema
• banish
• bar
• blackball
• blacklist
• block
• boycott
• bridle
• caveat
• cease
• censorship
• censure
• check
• check off
• close down
• close out
• close up
• commandment
• condemnation
• constraint
• crush
• curb
• curse
• damnation
• debar
• declare illegal
• decree
• denial
• denunciation
• deport
• deprive
• deter
• deterrent
• dictate
• disallow
• disallowance
• discontinue
• discourage
• discouragement
• disregard
• dissuade
• edict
• eliminate
• embargo
• enjoin
• except
• exclude
• excommunicate
• excommunication
• execration
• exile
• expel
• forbid
• freeze out
• halt
• hex
• hinder
• hoodoo
• ice out
• illegalize
• impede
• imprecation
• inhibit
• inhibition
• injunction
• interdict
• interdiction
• jinx
• limitation
• malediction
• malison
• mandate
• mojo
• negation
• no-no
• objection
• obstruct
• obviate
• off-limits
• ostracize
• oust
• out of bounds
• outlaw
• pass by
• pass up
• pox
• preclude
• prevent
• prevention
• prohibit
• prohibition
• proscribe
• proscription
• protest
• put down
• quash
• quell
• refusal
• reject
• rejection
• repress
• repression
• repudiate
• restrain
• restraint
• restrict
• restriction
• rule out
• shut out
• silence
• spell
• squash
• squelch
• stave off
• stop
• stoppage
• subdue
• suppress
• suppression
• suspend
• taboo
• tabu
• throw out
• veto
• voodoo
• warning
• whammy
• winze

bans

• anathemas
• banishes
• bars
• blackballs
• blacklists
• blocks
• bridles
• caveats
• ceases
• censures
• checks
• checks off
• closes out
• commandments
• condemnations
• constraints
• crushes
• curbs
• curses
• damnations
• debars
• decrees
• denials
• denunciations
• deports
• deprives
• deterrents
• deters
• dictates
• disallowances
• disallows
• discontinues
• discouragements
• discourages
• disregards
• dissuades
• edicts
• eliminates
• embargoes
• enjoins
• excepts
• excludes
• excommunicates
• excommunications
• execrations
• exiles
• expels
• forbids
• freezes out
• halts
• hexes
• hinders
• hoodoos
• impedes
• imprecations
• inhibitions
• inhibits
• injunctions
• interdictions
• interdicts
• jinxes
• limitations
• maledictions
• malisons
• mandates
• mojos
• negations
• no-nos
• objections
• obstructs
• obviates
• ostracizes
• ousts
• outlaws
• pox
• poxes
• precludes
• preventions
• prevents
• prohibitions
• prohibits
• proscribes
• proscriptions
• protests
• puts down
• quashes
• quells
• refusals
• rejections
• rejects
• represses
• repressions
• repudiates
• restrains
• restraints
• restrictions
• rules out
• shuts out
• silences
• spells
• squashes
• squelches
• staves off
• stops
• subdues
• suppresses
• suppressions
• suspends
• taboos
• tabus
• throws out
• vetoes
• voodoos
• warnings
• whammies
• winzes

canned

• abolished
• aborted
• alcoholic
• annulled
• apish
• arrested
• artificial
• axed
• backup
• beery
• befuddled
• besotted
• bibulous
• blasted
• bleary-eyed
• blind
• blitzed
• blockaded
• blocked
• blotto
• bogus
• bombed
• boozy
• bottled
• bounced
• braked
• broke
• broke off
• broke up
• called
• cashiered
• ceased
• checked
• clamped down
• cockeyed
• completed
• concluded
• conserved
• copied
• counterfeit
• crapulous
• cribbed
• crocked
• cut off
• cut out
• cut-and-dried
• cut-and-dry
• dammed
• deactivated
• debauched
• deceptive
• delayed
• demolished
• destroyed
• detained
• dipsomaniacal
• discharged
• discontinued
• dismissed
• dissipated
• dissolute
• dissolved
• dopey
• dopy
• downsized
• dropped
• drunk
• drunken
• duplicated
• emulative
• ended
• epigonic
• epigonous
• excessed
• factitious
• fake
• false
• filmed
• finished
• fired
• forged
• formulaic
• fraudulent
• fried
• furloughed
• gassed
• gave over
• had done with
• halted
• hammered
• held
• held back
• high
• hindered
• imitation
• imitative
• impaired
• impeded
• in the bag
• inebriate
• inebriated
• intoxicated
• juiced
• kept
• kiboshed
• kicked out
• killed
• knocked off
• laid off
• left off
• lit
• lit up
• loaded
• looped
• man-made
• maudlin
• mimetic
• mimic
• misleading
• mock
• mustered out
• obstructed
• oiled
• paused
• perfunctory
• photocopied
• pickled
• pie-eyed
• pink-slipped
• plagiarized
• plastered
• potted
• prerecorded
• put the kibosh on
• quit
• quitted
• reduplicated
• released
• removed
• reproduced
• retired
• ripped
• rocky
• routine
• ruined
• sacked
• scuttled
• sent packing
• separated
• sham
• shut off
• simulated
• slavish
• sloshed
• smashed
• snuffed
• sottish
• soused
• sozzled
• squashed
• squelched
• squiffed
• squiffy
• stamped
• stanched
• staunched
• stayed
• stemmed
• stewed
• stiff
• stinking
• stoned
• stopped
• strung out
• stunted
• stupefied
• substitute
• suppressed
• suspended
• synthetic
• tanked
• taped
• terminated
• three sheets in the wind
• three sheets to the wind
• threw out
• tiddly
• tight
• tipsy
• transcribed
• trimmed
• turned back
• turned off
• under the influence
• under the weather
• uninspired
• unoriginal
• unseated
• wasted
• wet
• wiped out

echo

• afterimage
• aftertaste
• answer
• ape
• aper
• artifact
• balance
• copy
• copycat
• copyist
• corpse
• ditto
• do like
• emulate
• emulator
• follower
• ghost
• go like
• hangover
• imitate
• imitation
• imitator
• impersonate
• impersonator
• impressionist
• leavings
• leftover
• make like
• memento
• mime
• mimic
• mirror
• mirror image
• mouth
• oddment
• onomatopoeia
• parallel
• parrot
• parroting
• quote
• react
• rebound
• recall
• redouble
• reecho
• reflect
• reflection
• reiterate
• reiteration
• relic
• remainder
• remembrance
• reminder
• remnant
• repeat
• repercussion
• repetition
• reply
• reproduce
• reproduction
• resemble
• residual
• residue
• resonate
• resound
• respond
• rest
• reverberate
• reverberation
• ring
• ringing
• roll
• rubber stamp
• rubber-stamp
• scrap
• second
• shadow
• sound
• trace
• vestige
• vibrate
• wannabe
• wannabee

echoes

• afterimages
• aftertastes
• answer
• ape
• apers
• apes
• artifacts
• balances
• copies
• copycats
• copyists
• corpses
• ditto
• dittos
• do like
• dregs
• emulates
• emulators
• followers
• ghosts
• go like
• hangovers
• imitate
• imitates
• imitation
• imitators
• impersonate
• impersonators
• impressionists
• leavings
• leftovers
• make like
• mementoes
• mementos
• mimes
• mimic
• mimics
• mirror
• mirror image
• mouths
• oddments
• onomatopoeia
• parallel
• parrot
• parroting
• parrots
• quotes
• react
• rebound
• recall
• redouble
• reechos
• reflect
• reflection
• reiterate
• reiteration
• relics
• remainders
• remains
• remembrances
• reminders
• remnants
• repeats
• repercussion
• repetition
• reply
• reproduce
• reproduction
• resemble
• residuals
• residues
• resonates
• resound
• resounds
• respond
• rests
• reverberate
• reverberates
• reverberation
• ring
• ringing
• rings
• rolls
• rubber stamp
• rubber stamps
• rubber-stamp
• scraps
• second
• shadows
• sounds
• traces
• vestiges
• vibrate
• wannabees
• wannabes

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