Thesaurus results for IMITATOR

imitator

noun

as in follower

a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way an Elvis imitator in a sequinned jumpsuit

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as in performer

a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect that comedian is a hilarious imitator of a surprising array of current celebrities

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Recent Examples of imitator By early 1985, IBM—the computing giant that dominated corporate America—and its imitators had captured nearly half the personal computer market, up from about a third just months earlier. —

Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026 Well, actually the worst thing would be to have a — a really good imitator of any president that came along. —

Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 May 2026 Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear. —

Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026 This cheesecake imitator is delicious topped with fresh strawberries, but other fruits can be substituted, such as pineapple or peaches. —

Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026 This is the first Hitchcock film that fully crystallizes his distinct sense of dark humor, which is one of the key elements that sets his thrillers apart from those of his contemporaries and imitators. —

Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 Swimbaits, stick baits, creature baits, crawfish imitators, and big ribbontail worms will all catch fish on a Texas rig. —

Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026 Along the way, the festival has outlasted many imitators and weathered shifting food trends by staying nimble. —

Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026

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Last year, the Auschwitz Memorial Museum — after hearing from numerous followers about such posts — published a warning about AI Holocaust posts.

— Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
The 21,000-square-foot home sits on the land where actress Sharon Tate, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, was killed in August 1969 by followers of cult leader Charles Manson.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026