copycat

¹copy·cat

noun, often attributive \-ˌkat\

Definition of COPYCAT

1

: one who imitates or adopts the behavior or practices of another

2

: an imitative act or product <copycat board games>

Examples of COPYCAT

1. She called me a copycat for wearing the same dress.
2. <every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats>

First Known Use of COPYCAT

1896

Related to COPYCAT

Synonyms

aper, copyist, echo, follower, imitator, rubber stamp, wannabe (also wannabee)

Related Words

parrot; ape, emulator, impersonator, impressionist, mimic

Rhymes with COPYCAT

acrobat, aerobat, aerostat, alley cat, apparat, Ararat, arrive at, assignat, autocrat, Automat, bell the cat, big brown bat, bureaucrat, butterfat, caveat, cervelat, chew the fat, civet cat, concordat, coolie hat, cowboy hat, democrat, diplomat, Dixiecrat, Eurocrat, fungo bat, habitat, hang one's hat, jungle cat, Kattegat, kleptocrat, Laundromat, leopard cat, marrowfat, mobocrat, monocrat, Montserrat, Norway rat, ochlocrat, off the bat, opera hat, pas de quatre, Persian cat, photostat, pit-a-pat, plutocrat, poke fun at, pussycat, railroad flat, rat-a-tat, rheostat, scaredy-cat, semimatte, shovel hat, smell a rat, spoonbill cat, take aim at, technocrat, theocrat, thermostat, tiger cat, Uniate, vampire bat, water rat, welcome mat, where it's at, ziggurat

²copycat

verb

copy·cat·tedcopy·cat·ting

Definition of COPYCAT

intransitive verb

: to act as a copycat

transitive verb

: imitate

Examples of COPYCAT

1. <asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine>
2. <a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom>

First Known Use of COPYCAT

1926

Related to COPYCAT

Synonyms

clone, copy, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, render, replicate, reproduce

Antonyms

originate

Related Words

counterfeit, fake, forge, knock off, rip off; mimic, simulate; reconstruct, re-create

Near Antonyms

create, imagine, initiate, invent