simulator

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈsɪmjəˌleɪtɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A device or computer program that reproduces the conditions of a real-world situation for training, testing, or study purposes.; A person or thing that simulates or imitates something.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: simulators

Collocations

flight simulatordriving simulatorsimulator trainingfull-motion simulatorsimulator sickness

Derivatives

simulatesimulationsimulatedsimulativesimulatory

Synonyms

emulatormock-uptrainermodelreplicator

Commonly confused

emulator
EN: An emulator replicates the exact internal behavior of another system (often hardware/software), while a simulator models the behavior or environment of a system for training or analysis.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the '-ator' ending (as in 'operator', 'creator'), not '-ater'. The root verb is 'simulate' with an 'e' before the suffix.

💬 Examples

  1. The pilot spent hundreds of hours in a flight simulator before his first real flight.

  2. The actor was a skilled simulator of various accents.