Synonyms for simulation
Most common
pretending personation model computer simulation replica simulacrum
All synonyms
Noun
1. Representation
show, representation, pretense US, pretence UK, imitation, feigning, acting, dissimulation, sham, pretending, feint, pretext, affectation, personation
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- simulations → shows, representations, pretenses, imitations…
Example sentences
- pretending It is no use pretending you know nothing about it.
- model He is very taken up with building model airplanes.
- replica He built an exact replica of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| simulation | rising | |
| pretending | rising | |
| personation | falling | |
| model | rising | |
| replica | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1, sham1
- 5 letters
- model2, feint1
- 6 letters
- acting2
- 7 letters
- replica3, pretext2
- 8 letters
- pretense2, pretence, feigning2
- 9 letters
- imitation4
- 10 letters
- pretending3, simulacrum
- 11 letters
- affectation4, personation
- 13 letters
- dissimulation
- 14 letters
- representation5, counterfeiting4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (model2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- simulation
- Italiano
- simulazione
- Español
- simulación
- Deutsch
- Simulation