N. similarity, resemblance, likeness,
similitude,
semblance, affinity,
approximation,
parallelism, agreement, analogy,
analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia,
parity,
connaturalness,
connaturality,
brotherhood, family likeness,
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy,
analogue, the like,
match,
pendant, fellow companion, pair,
mate,
twin, double,
counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel,
simile, type, image,
photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance
V. be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel,
match, rhyme with, take after,
imitate, favor, span, render similar,
assimilate, approximate, bring near,
connaturalize, make alike,
rhyme,
pun Adj. similar, resembling, like, alike,
twin, analogous,
analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so,
homoiousian,
connatural,
congener, allied to, akin to 1, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of,
mock,
pseudo,
simulating, representing, exact,
lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like
Adv. as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were,
quasi, just as, veluti in speculum
Phr. et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block
N. imitation, copying,
transcription, repetition,
duplication,
reduplication,
quotation, reproduction,
mimeograph, xerox,
facsimile, reprint, offprint,
mockery,
mimicry,
simulation,
impersonation,
personation, representation,
semblance, copy,
assimilation,
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature,
plagiarism,
forgery,
counterfeit,
celluloid,
imitator,
echo, cuckoo|,
parrot,
ape,
monkey, mocking bird,
mime,
copyist, copycat,
plagiarist,
pirate V. imitate, copy, mirror,
reflect, reproduce,
repeat, do like,
echo,
reecho, catch,
transcribe,
match, parallel,
mock, take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate, act, represent,
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after,
emulate Adj. imitated,
mock,
mimic, modelled after, molded on,
paraphrastic,
literal,
imitative,
secondhand,
imitable,
aping,
apish,
mimicking Adv. literally, to the letter,
verbatim,
literatim,
sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely
Phr. like master like man, "like - but oh! how different!", "genius borrows nobly", "pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks", "quotation confesses inferiority", "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
V. borrow, desume|,
hire, rent, farm, take a lease, take a demise, take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year &c, hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year &c, adopt, apply, appropriate,
imitate, make use of, take, raise money, take up money, raise the wind, fly a kite, borrow from peter to pay paul, run into debt,
replevy 