COPIED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

copied 1 of 2

adjective

as in cribbed

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verb

past tense of copy

as in reproduced

to make an exact likeness of for the movie, set designers copied the Oval Office in the White House down to the smallest detail

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as in imitated

to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices

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Recent Examples of copied

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Music scenes were insular; tapes were copied by hand and passed between friends and family. — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors say Strange copied 10 or more audio files from the drives without authority. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Many have told me that Veronica Beard has copied more small brands, this is insane. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 Agility Robotics Other companies building humanoid robots have copied the human form without ever understanding its purpose. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2026 Over the past few years, a consistent complaint from Western developers and the White House has been that Chinese developers have copied their tech. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The letter is addressed to the Los Angeles County Counsel's office and also is copied to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber and Los Angeles County Registrar Dean Logan, effectively putting the entire state on notice. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Companies that wanted to cut costs in the 1990s and 2000s by outsourcing to China are now being replaced in one of the world's largest markets by businesses that copied their designs and methodologies. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The gaps usually appear where content was copied into an index without its permissions. — Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for copied

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This creates duplicated infrastructure, inconsistent models, and operational complexity.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
The duplicated sets and near-complete location builds enable the filmmakers to make the most of Carol’s house as a setting.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of duplicated

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In fact, the bag has been reproduced and is available for purchase.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
The company says its system reasons through investor requirements, borrower context, guidelines, overlays, and related concepts before producing a decision path that can be reproduced and audited.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproduced

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Alves described how black-and-white prints with a photocopied feel, Japanese and Chinese-inspired graphics and animal prints transform basic jeans into pieces worthy of going viral online.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Apatow had with him a chaotic pile of notes—scrawled by hand, photocopied, clearly out of order, some upside down.

— Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025

Definition of photocopied

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That knowledge cannot be acquired in a board meeting or replicated in an accelerator program.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
The design, which was created by an in-house team supported by an outside architectural firm, will be replicated in eight more stores slated to open between now and February.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of replicated

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In some ways, the student movement emulated US civil rights protests in the 1960s.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
The executive order is reminiscent of a decision by California to clear the way for name, image and likeness compensation by passing a state law that was quickly emulated by other states.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of emulated

Adjective

Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.

— Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.

— Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

Definition of unoriginal

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After officers rendered immediate medical aid, paramedics responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Advertisement That prescription has rankled many cybersecurity experts who scoff at the possibility that their expertise will be rendered obsolete.

— Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

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