mimic

1. 1.

   constituting an imitation

   “the mimic warfare of the opera stage”

   Similarimitative

Other forms of mimic

plural

mimics·

past tense or participle

mimicked

present participle

mimicking

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mimic

What does mimic mean?

mimic means "someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mimic?

mimic has 2 syllables: mim-ic. The stress falls on "mim". In IPA it is /ˈmɪmɪk/.

What is another word for mimic?

Close synonyms include mimicker, mime. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mimic a common word?

mimic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.