dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/mim_MWT.json

{
  "mimers":{
    "as in mimes , pantomimes":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mimes",
        "mummers",
        "pantomimes",
        "pantomimists",
        "burlesquers",
        "caricaturists",
        "lampooners",
        "mockers",
        "parodists",
        "satirists",
        "actors",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "players",
        "troupers",
        "imitators",
        "impersonators",
        "impressionists",
        "mimics",
        "personators",
        "apes",
        "copycats",
        "echoes",
        "echos",
        "parrots",
        "rubber stamps"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "mimes":{
    "an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
      "examples":[
        "that annoying mime on the sidewalk is pretending to be in an invisible box again"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "mimics",
        "mummers",
        "pantomimes",
        "pantomimists"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buskers",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "players",
        "troupers",
        "apers",
        "imitators",
        "impersonators",
        "impressionists",
        "clowns",
        "pantaloons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
      "examples":[
        "the speech-impaired patient had to convey his wishes with mime or scribbled notes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gesticulations",
        "gestures",
        "pantomimes",
        "signals",
        "signs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beckons",
        "becks",
        "flourishes",
        "shrugs",
        "waves",
        "body languages",
        "postures",
        "indications",
        "motions",
        "sign languages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apes",
        "copies",
        "copycats",
        "emulates",
        "imitates",
        "mimics"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittos",
        "echoes",
        "reechos",
        "repeats",
        "burlesques",
        "caricatures",
        "lampoons",
        "mocks",
        "parodies",
        "travesties",
        "impersonates",
        "performs",
        "plays",
        "pantomimes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimic":{
    "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
      "examples":[
        "the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "do",
        "imitate",
        "mock",
        "parody",
        "send up",
        "spoof",
        "travesty"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lampoon",
        "pasquinade",
        "satirize",
        "deride",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "ridicule",
        "ape",
        "copycat",
        "monkey",
        "parrot",
        "duplicate",
        "emulate",
        "replicate",
        "reproduce",
        "act",
        "counterfeit",
        "dissemble",
        "fake",
        "feign",
        "pretend",
        "sham",
        "simulate",
        "elaborate",
        "embellish",
        "embroider",
        "exaggerate",
        "magnify",
        "pad",
        "play up",
        "stretch",
        "amplify",
        "enhance",
        "enlarge (on or upon)",
        "expand",
        "flesh (out)",
        "overdraw",
        "overstate",
        "put on",
        "mime",
        "pantomime",
        "impersonate",
        "perform",
        "personate",
        "play"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ape",
        "copy",
        "copycat",
        "emulate",
        "imitate",
        "mime"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ditto",
        "echo",
        "reecho",
        "repeat",
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "lampoon",
        "mock",
        "parody",
        "travesty",
        "impersonate",
        "perform",
        "play",
        "pantomime"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
      "examples":[
        "police were concerned that the mimic gun, although intended only as a toy, might be confused with the real thing in certain situations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artificial",
        "bogus",
        "dummy",
        "ersatz",
        "factitious",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "faux",
        "imitation",
        "imitative",
        "man-made",
        "mock",
        "pretend",
        "sham",
        "simulated",
        "substitute",
        "synthetic"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cultured",
        "manufactured",
        "process",
        "unauthentic",
        "adulterated",
        "designer",
        "doctored",
        "engineered",
        "fudged",
        "juggled",
        "manipulated",
        "tampered (with)",
        "concocted",
        "fabricated",
        "counterfeit",
        "deceptive",
        "forged",
        "fraudulent",
        "misleading",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "affected",
        "brummagem",
        "feigned",
        "pinchbeck",
        "pseudo",
        "spurious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "legitimate",
        "true",
        "premium",
        "quality",
        "valuable",
        "pure",
        "unadulterated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "genuine",
        "natural",
        "real"
      ]
    },
    "using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
      "examples":[
        "a mimic battle fought by kids playing around in the schoolyard"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apish",
        "canned",
        "emulative",
        "epigonic",
        "epigonous",
        "formulaic",
        "imitative",
        "mimetic",
        "slavish",
        "unoriginal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "copied",
        "cribbed",
        "plagiarized",
        "artificial",
        "bogus",
        "factitious",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "imitation",
        "man-made",
        "mock",
        "sham",
        "simulated",
        "substitute",
        "synthetic",
        "duplicated",
        "photocopied",
        "reduplicated",
        "reproduced",
        "transcribed",
        "backup",
        "counterfeit",
        "deceptive",
        "forged",
        "fraudulent",
        "misleading",
        "cut-and-dried",
        "cut-and-dry",
        "perfunctory",
        "routine",
        "uninspired"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "legitimate",
        "true",
        "genuine",
        "natural",
        "real",
        "classic",
        "ideal",
        "model"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "archetypal",
        "archetypical",
        "original"
      ]
    },
    "a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
      "examples":[
        "a gifted mimic who can do a terrific imitation of anyone's voice"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "imitator",
        "impersonator",
        "impressionist",
        "personator"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burlesquer",
        "caricaturist",
        "lampooner",
        "mocker",
        "parodist",
        "satirist",
        "mime",
        "mimer",
        "mummer",
        "pantomime",
        "pantomimist",
        "actor",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "player",
        "trouper",
        "ape",
        "copycat",
        "echo",
        "parrot",
        "rubber stamp"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
      "examples":[
        "a mimic in black clothes and white facial makeup"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "mime",
        "mummer",
        "pantomime",
        "pantomimist"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "busker",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "player",
        "trouper",
        "aper",
        "imitator",
        "impersonator",
        "impressionist",
        "clown",
        "pantaloon"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mime":{
    "an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
      "examples":[
        "that annoying mime on the sidewalk is pretending to be in an invisible box again"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "mimic",
        "mummer",
        "pantomime",
        "pantomimist"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "busker",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "player",
        "trouper",
        "aper",
        "imitator",
        "impersonator",
        "impressionist",
        "clown",
        "pantaloon"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
      "examples":[
        "the speech-impaired patient had to convey his wishes with mime or scribbled notes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "gesticulation",
        "gesture",
        "pantomime",
        "sign",
        "signal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beck",
        "beckon",
        "flourish",
        "shrug",
        "wave",
        "body language",
        "posture",
        "indication",
        "motion",
        "sign language"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ape",
        "copy",
        "copycat",
        "emulate",
        "imitate",
        "mimic"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ditto",
        "echo",
        "reecho",
        "repeat",
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "lampoon",
        "mock",
        "parody",
        "travesty",
        "impersonate",
        "perform",
        "play",
        "pantomime"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimicking":{
    "as in imitation , impersonation":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "imitation",
        "impersonation",
        "distortion",
        "exaggeration",
        "comedy",
        "farce",
        "humor",
        "sketch",
        "slapstick",
        "squib",
        "lampoon",
        "mockery",
        "satire",
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "parody",
        "put-on",
        "rib",
        "send-up",
        "spoof",
        "takeoff",
        "travesty"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
      "examples":[
        "the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burlesquing",
        "caricaturing",
        "doing",
        "imitating",
        "mocking",
        "parodying",
        "sending up",
        "spoofing",
        "travestying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lampooning",
        "pasquinading",
        "satirizing",
        "deriding",
        "gibing",
        "jibing",
        "ridiculing",
        "aping",
        "copycatting",
        "monkeying",
        "parroting",
        "duplicating",
        "emulating",
        "replicating",
        "reproducing",
        "acting",
        "counterfeiting",
        "dissembling",
        "faking",
        "feigning",
        "pretending",
        "shamming",
        "simulating",
        "elaborating",
        "embellishing",
        "embroidering",
        "exaggerating",
        "magnifying",
        "padding",
        "playing up",
        "stretching",
        "amplifying",
        "enhancing",
        "enlarging (on or upon)",
        "expanding",
        "fleshing (out)",
        "overdrawing",
        "overstating",
        "putting on",
        "miming",
        "pantomiming",
        "impersonating",
        "performing",
        "personating",
        "playing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aping",
        "copycatting",
        "copying",
        "emulating",
        "imitating",
        "miming"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittoing",
        "echoing",
        "reechoing",
        "repeating",
        "burlesquing",
        "caricaturing",
        "lampooning",
        "mocking",
        "parodying",
        "travestying",
        "impersonating",
        "performing",
        "playing",
        "pantomiming"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimics":{
    "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
      "examples":[
        "the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burlesques",
        "caricatures",
        "does",
        "imitates",
        "mocks",
        "parodies",
        "sends up",
        "spoofs",
        "travesties"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lampoons",
        "pasquinades",
        "satirizes",
        "derides",
        "gibes",
        "jibes",
        "ridicules",
        "apes",
        "copycats",
        "monkeys",
        "parrots",
        "duplicates",
        "emulates",
        "replicates",
        "reproduces",
        "acts",
        "counterfeits",
        "dissembles",
        "fakes",
        "feigns",
        "pretends",
        "shams",
        "simulates",
        "elaborates",
        "embellishes",
        "embroiders",
        "exaggerates",
        "magnifies",
        "pads",
        "plays up",
        "stretches",
        "amplifies",
        "enhances",
        "enlarges (on or upon)",
        "expands",
        "fleshes (out)",
        "overdraws",
        "overstates",
        "puts on",
        "mimes",
        "pantomimes",
        "impersonates",
        "performs",
        "personates",
        "plays"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apes",
        "copies",
        "copycats",
        "emulates",
        "imitates",
        "mimes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittos",
        "echoes",
        "reechos",
        "repeats",
        "burlesques",
        "caricatures",
        "lampoons",
        "mocks",
        "parodies",
        "travesties",
        "impersonates",
        "performs",
        "plays",
        "pantomimes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
      "examples":[
        "a gifted mimic who can do a terrific imitation of anyone's voice"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "imitators",
        "impersonators",
        "impressionists",
        "personators"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burlesquers",
        "caricaturists",
        "lampooners",
        "mockers",
        "parodists",
        "satirists",
        "mimers",
        "mimes",
        "mummers",
        "pantomimes",
        "pantomimists",
        "actors",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "players",
        "troupers",
        "apes",
        "copycats",
        "echoes",
        "echos",
        "parrots",
        "rubber stamps"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{
      "examples":[
        "a mimic in black clothes and white facial makeup"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "mimes",
        "mummers",
        "pantomimes",
        "pantomimists"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buskers",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "players",
        "troupers",
        "apers",
        "imitators",
        "impersonators",
        "impressionists",
        "clowns",
        "pantaloons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimed":{
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aped",
        "copied",
        "copycatted",
        "emulated",
        "imitated",
        "mimicked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittoed",
        "echoed",
        "reechoed",
        "repeated",
        "burlesqued",
        "caricatured",
        "lampooned",
        "mocked",
        "parodied",
        "travestied",
        "impersonated",
        "performed",
        "played",
        "pantomimed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimicked":{
    "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
      "examples":[
        "the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burlesqued",
        "caricatured",
        "did",
        "imitated",
        "mocked",
        "parodied",
        "sent up",
        "spoofed",
        "travestied"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lampooned",
        "pasquinaded",
        "satirized",
        "derided",
        "gibed",
        "jibed",
        "ridiculed",
        "aped",
        "copycatted",
        "monkeyed",
        "parroted",
        "duplicated",
        "emulated",
        "replicated",
        "reproduced",
        "acted",
        "counterfeited",
        "dissembled",
        "faked",
        "feigned",
        "pretended",
        "shammed",
        "simulated",
        "elaborated",
        "embellished",
        "embroidered",
        "exaggerated",
        "magnified",
        "padded",
        "played up",
        "stretched",
        "amplified",
        "enhanced",
        "enlarged (on or upon)",
        "expanded",
        "fleshed (out)",
        "overdrew",
        "overstated",
        "put on",
        "mimed",
        "pantomimed",
        "impersonated",
        "performed",
        "personated",
        "played"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aped",
        "copied",
        "copycatted",
        "emulated",
        "imitated",
        "mimed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittoed",
        "echoed",
        "reechoed",
        "repeated",
        "burlesqued",
        "caricatured",
        "lampooned",
        "mocked",
        "parodied",
        "travestied",
        "impersonated",
        "performed",
        "played",
        "pantomimed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimicries":{
    "as in caricatures , satires":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burlesques",
        "caricatures",
        "pasquinades",
        "satires",
        "laughters",
        "catcalls",
        "insults",
        "put-downs",
        "belittlements",
        "deprecations",
        "disparagements",
        "contempts",
        "disdains",
        "scorns",
        "derisions",
        "mockeries",
        "ridicules",
        "sports"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applauses",
        "approvals",
        "commendations",
        "praises"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "mimetic":{
    "using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
      "examples":[
        "boys have a tendency toward mimetic behavior, often imitating their fathers at a fairly early age"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "apish",
        "canned",
        "emulative",
        "epigonic",
        "epigonous",
        "formulaic",
        "imitative",
        "mimic",
        "slavish",
        "unoriginal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "copied",
        "cribbed",
        "plagiarized",
        "artificial",
        "bogus",
        "factitious",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "imitation",
        "man-made",
        "mock",
        "sham",
        "simulated",
        "substitute",
        "synthetic",
        "duplicated",
        "photocopied",
        "reduplicated",
        "reproduced",
        "transcribed",
        "backup",
        "counterfeit",
        "deceptive",
        "forged",
        "fraudulent",
        "misleading",
        "cut-and-dried",
        "cut-and-dry",
        "perfunctory",
        "routine",
        "uninspired"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "legitimate",
        "true",
        "genuine",
        "natural",
        "real",
        "classic",
        "ideal",
        "model"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "archetypal",
        "archetypical",
        "original"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "miming":{
    "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "as a joke, Eric knelt by the dinner table and began miming a dog begging for food"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aping",
        "copycatting",
        "copying",
        "emulating",
        "imitating",
        "mimicking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dittoing",
        "echoing",
        "reechoing",
        "repeating",
        "burlesquing",
        "caricaturing",
        "lampooning",
        "mocking",
        "parodying",
        "travestying",
        "impersonating",
        "performing",
        "playing",
        "pantomiming"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mimicry":{
    "as in caricature , satire":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burlesque",
        "caricature",
        "pasquinade",
        "satire",
        "laughter",
        "snickering",
        "catcall",
        "insult",
        "put-down",
        "belittlement",
        "deprecation",
        "disparagement",
        "contempt",
        "disdain",
        "scorn",
        "derision",
        "mockery",
        "ridicule",
        "sport"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "applause",
        "approval",
        "commendation",
        "praise"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "mimer":{
    "as in mime , pantomime":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mime",
        "mummer",
        "pantomime",
        "pantomimist",
        "burlesquer",
        "caricaturist",
        "lampooner",
        "mocker",
        "parodist",
        "satirist",
        "actor",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "player",
        "trouper",
        "imitator",
        "impersonator",
        "impressionist",
        "mimic",
        "personator",
        "ape",
        "copycat",
        "echo",
        "parrot",
        "rubber stamp"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}