All copy synonyms
copΒ·y
C c verb copy
- imitate β to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- plagiarize β to take and use by plagiarism.
- transcribe β to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- rewrite β to write in a different form or manner; revise: to rewrite the entire book.
- imitate β to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- photocopy β a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
- reproduce β to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- paint β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- repeat β repeat loop
- replicate β Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- steal β to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- pirate β software pirate
- illustrate β to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- represent β to present again or anew.
- sketch β a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- manifold β of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- mirror β any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
- dupe β duplicate.
- limn β to represent in drawing or painting.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- mold β loose, friable earth, especially when rich in organic matter and favorable to the growth of plants.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- portray β to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- depict β To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting.
- forge β to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- paraphrase β a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- picture β a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- trace β either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- clone β If someone or something is a clone of another person or thing, they are so similar to this person or thing that they seem to be exactly the same as them.
- xerox β (sometimes lowercase) a copy made on a xerographic copying machine.
- reflect β to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- carbon β Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of.
- cartoon β A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine.
- delineate β If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
- ditto β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- sculpture β the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- mimeo β A mimeograph.
- reduplicate β to double; repeat.
- photostat β a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- echo β a repetition of sound produced by the reflection of sound waves from a wall, mountain, or other obstructing surface.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- incarnate β embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form: a devil incarnate.
- prefigure β to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- personify β to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- parrot β any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- typify β to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- phony β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.