Synonyms for Imitation

Simulation
analogy approach approximation closeness community comparison	conformity correspondence identity imitation likeness	metaphor nearness parallelism parity resemblance	sameness semblance simile similitude simulation

Sham
affected apocryphal artificial assumed bastard bogus colored counterfeit distorted dummy embellished	embroidered ersatz fake falsified feigned fictitious garbled illegitimate imitation make believe mock	perverted phony pinchbeck pretended pseudo put on quasi queer self-styled sham shoddy	simulated spurious supposititious tinsel twisted unauthentic ungenuine unnatural unreal warped

Suggestive Of
alike counterfeit deceitful ersatz fake	favoring following homogeneous identical	imitated imitation like mock	phony similar simulated suggestive of

Proxy
advocate agency alter ego alternate alternative amicus curiae analogy attorney backup barrister changeling clone comparison copyright	counterfeit deputy Doppelganger duplication equal equivalent ersatz exchange executive officer exponent fake figurehead ghost	imitation lieutenant makeshift metaphor paranymph personnel pinch hitter pleader procurator proxy replacement representative reproduction	reserves ringer second string secondary sub substitute substitution surrogate symbol third string understudy vicar vice

Reproduction
clone counterpart double dupe	duplication facsimile imitation	quadruplicate repetition replica	replication reproduction triplicate