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approach v.
border on v.
imitate v.
take after v.

VERB

approach

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to belly up to catch up close in come at come close compare with correspond to creep up draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after verge upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

VERB

border on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abut adjoin come near verge on

WEAK

approach be similar to compare connect contact echo impinge join lie near lie next to march match near neighbor parallel resemble touch

Antonyms

WEAK

not touch

VERB

imitate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act like ape assume duplicate echo emulate impersonate mimic mirror mock pretend replicate reproduce resemble simulate

STRONG

Xerox affect borrow burlesque caricature clone copy counterfeit ditto falsify feign follow forge match mime parallel parody personate reduplicate reflect repeat sham spoof travesty

WEAK

carbon do like do likewise follow in footsteps follow suit look like model after pattern after play a part put on send up take off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

differ tell the truth

STRONG

disregard

WEAK

be original clash oppose reverse

VERB

take after

Synonyms

WEAK

act like copy ditto do like follow follow in the footsteps of follow suit follow the example of imitate inherit look like make like mimic mirror pattern after rival

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be like

The 10 Freeway was magically devoid of traffic on this gray Saturday morning, and if my car had a soul, it would be like that of a racehorse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

My wife, a proud Austrian, felt it too and asked what it would be like not to witness this but to feel it—to stand in a section, for your own country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I’m not about to call a restaurant and be like, ‘Hey, yo, it’s Steve Lacy.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Those countries, they're really big into football. I want Nauru to be like that."

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

I wouldn’t have to be like my aunt Tess, marching in front of the White House for the right to vote on political matters I’d never even cared much about.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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