Mimic Definition

mĭmĭk

mimicked, mimicking, mimics

verb

mimicked, mimics

To imitate in speech or action, often so as to ridicule.

Webster's New World

To copy closely; imitate accurately.

Webster's New World

To reproduce or simulate.

American Heritage

To resemble closely; have or take on the appearance of.

An animal's natural coloration that mimics the foliage.

Webster's New World

To have a similar structure, action, or effect as.

A drug that mimics a compound in the body.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

noun

mimics

One that imitates, especially:

American Heritage Medicine

A person or thing that imitates; esp., a performer skilled in mimicry.

Webster's New World

An imitation.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

adjective

Inclined to copy; imitative.

Webster's New World

Of, or having the nature of, mimicry or imitation.

Webster's New World

Make-believe; simulated; mock.

Mimic tears.

Webster's New World

(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mimic

Noun

Singular:

mimic

Plural:

mimics

Origin of Mimic

From Latin mimicus, from Ancient Greek μιμικός (mimikos, “belonging to mimes"), from μῖμος (mimos, “imitator, actor"); see mime.

From Wiktionary
From Latin mīmicus mimic from Greek mīmikos from mīmos imitator, mime

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition