simulate

Meaning

Verb

To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

Adj

Feigned; pretended.

Synonyms

pretend

feign

imitate

copy

fake

sham

mimic

assume

dissemble

make believe

counterfeit

pretend to be

dissimulate

duplicate

affect

falsely

model

mock

emulate

forge

reproduce

role

simulating

simulation

stylize

speak falsely

stylise

make like

conceal one’s feelings

act

wear an expression of

analog

analogue

ape

🐒

cant

clone

conventionalize

echo

falsify

feint

follow

imitation

look like

make

masquerade

mimeograph

mimesis

plagiarise

profess

replicate

Translations

simulare

simulieren

simuler

simular

simular

fingir

αντιγράφω

imitar

nachahmen

nabootsen

imitar

υποκρίνομαι

προσποιούμαι

simuleren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: symulat

In summary

First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.