copycat

1 of 2

noun

copy·​cat ˈkä-pē-ˌkat 

often attributive

1

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

2

: an imitative act or product

copycat board games

copycat

2 of 2

verb

copycatted; copycatting

intransitive verb

: to act as a copycat

transitive verb

: imitate

Synonyms of copycat

Noun

• imitator
• follower
• echo

Verb

• copy
• replicate
• reproduce
• imitate
• render
• duplicate
• clone

Examples of copycat in a Sentence

Noun

She called me a copycat for wearing the same dress.

every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats

Verb

asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine

a performer who slavishly copycats another never rises to the level of true stardom

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The killer also served as inspiration for Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and led to a number of copycat attacks after he was known to kill women, wear their skins and dig up graves. —Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025

Novo Nordisk helped establish the market, but is losing market share to Eli Lilly and cheaper copycats and struggling to impress investors with its drug pipeline. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025

Verb

But factors including insurance coverage, pricing, copycat drugs and the development of new pills will ultimately determine how far the treatments will reach. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2025

Maybe don’t copycat Netflix so much, other streamers. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1926, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for copycat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat
• guzerat

Kids Definition

copycat

noun

copy·​cat

ˈkäp-ē-ˌkat

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