as in imitator
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats
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as in to copy
to make an exact likeness of
asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine
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as in to imitate
to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior
a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom
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Recent Examples of copycat
Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
John Monaghan, also warning the sewer visitors and their potential copycats.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 2 June 2026
David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
And neither of us was that interested in trying to copycat any of the production elements of their songs, anyway.
—Vulture, 18 May 2022
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Noun
The film spawned a host of copycats, but that's not surprising given its incredible success, including an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
John Monaghan, also warning the sewer visitors and their potential copycats.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 2 June 2026
Verb
Sometimes, people will copycat what other teams have done.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
And neither of us was that interested in trying to copycat any of the production elements of their songs, anyway.
—Vulture, 18 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copycat
Noun
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Steven Spielberg's dino masterpiece — which has spawned six sequels and countless imitators — ushered in a new wave of CGI filmmaking and became an instant sensation beyond what original author Michael Crichton could ever have envisioned.—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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Their clothes inspired imitators.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Please do not copy and paste FT articles and redistribute by email or post to the web.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 June 2026
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China could also attempt to reverse-engineer and copy the model in a process known as distillation.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
13 June 2026
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The undulating roofline imitates the Allegheny Mountains, and 38 steel columns create a canopy reminiscent of the region's forests, Prix Versailles says.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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As a 7-year-old, I’d entertain my father’s friends, at their weekly pickup game at a Bronx barn-house gymnasium, by imitating his game face—bottom lip jutting, eyes scowling.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
14 June 2026
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The adventure content creator had amassed more than 320,000 followers on Facebook, while some of his reels garnered millions of views.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Musa has built a community of followers through her posts on the realities of modern life, netting her close to two million followers across social media platforms.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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The researchers explored how to grow grass in indoor stadiums that lack plant-sustaining sunlight, collecting data in a shade structure FIFA constructed at the University of Tennessee to replicate conditions of a domed stadium.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Those raw emotions and moments of shared experience, which can be so hard to find in a fractured society, will be replicated all over the world in the coming weeks, bring families, communities and entire nations together, uniting them in hope, joy and, of course, despair.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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In that sense, Hollywood isn’t becoming Detroit so much as emulating it.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Countless films have tried to emulate its greatness since, but The French Connection is the modern blueprint of the genre for a reason.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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These slurs are not mere political insults but echo centuries-old stereotypes denying Black women's femininity and dignity, a historical burden highlighted by figures like Sojourner Truth.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
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This article originally appeared in Spektrum der Wissenschaft and was reproduced with permission.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 June 2026
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“Copycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycat. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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