Synonyms of copying

copying

verb

present participle of copy

1

as in reproducing

to make an exact likeness of

for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reproducing
• rendering
• replicating
• imitating
• duplicating
• cloning
• reconstructing
• copycatting
• simulating
• reduplicating
• forging
• counterfeiting
• mimicking
• faking
• ripping off
• re-creating
• knocking off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• originating
• creating
• initiating
• imagining
• inventing

2

as in imitating

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior

she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imitating
• emulating
• repeating
• mimicking
• aping
• mocking
• miming
• parodying
• copycatting
• performing
• echoing
• playing
• caricaturing
• lampooning
• burlesquing
• impersonating
• travestying
• dittoing
• pantomiming
• reechoing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of copying

But copying human anatomy makes the hands heavier, and LinkerBot concedes that fingertip force is modest. — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

Boorady spent 10 hours in the real Oval Office this summer, taking photographs and scanning every one of those gold fixtures, documenting every detail, and then copying them. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Develop a recognizable voice instead of copying and pasting generic language from AI. — Adam Taylor, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

But these genes still get copied every time the bacterium divides, and copying DNA costs energy. — Canan Karakoç, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

People swivel-chair between them, copying information from emails, clicking through numerous interfaces and other tools. — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

By copying themselves instead of cutting, retrotransposons can easily flood a genome with many iterations of themselves. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

After removing the video that essentially accused Jones Road of copying YISE without outright identifying Bobbi Brown's brand, Molly Sims has posted a brief update to her Instagram Stories. — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026

In response to Space Pioneer’s engine design, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said copying Raptor 3 would not be easy. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026