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Synonyms for emulate

Most common

compete imitate

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To copy or imitate, especially a person.

    People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.

Related words

Word family
emulation emulative emulator emulous

Forms

Past participle
emulated
e.g. emulated → imitated, competed, contended, rivaled…

Example sentences

  • compete We used to compete against each other in college.
  • imitate She tried hard to imitate Mariah Carey but failed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
emulaterising
competesteady
imitaterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
vie1
5 letters
rival2
7 letters
compete2, contend2, imitate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rival2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
émuler
Deutsch
emulieren