Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun copying

1 sense of copying

Sense 1
copying -- (an act of copying)
       => repetition, repeating -- (the act of doing or performing again)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb copy

4 senses of copy

Sense 1
copy -- (copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over")
       => write -- (mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet")

Sense 2
imitate, copy, simulate -- (reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings")
       => reproduce -- (make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting")

Sense 3
replicate, copy -- (reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information")
       => duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate -- (make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick")

Sense 4
copy, re-create -- (make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt")
       => make, create -- (make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor")