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
Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Another copycat incident, in Clearwater, Florida — the town that functions as Scientology’s spiritual headquarters — involved a teenager who shot out a window of the local church with a BB gun and was arrested.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 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
By 1954, hospitals throughout the world were using it, and by the late 1950s, numerous copycat drugs were in circulation.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Another copycat incident, in Clearwater, Florida — the town that functions as Scientology’s spiritual headquarters — involved a teenager who shot out a window of the local church with a BB gun and was arrested.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 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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Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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At every turn, OpenAI has appeared eager to copy the success of its rival.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Not to be redistributed, copied, or modified in any way.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Once established, oaks can grow moderately fast if kept watered and then mulched with compost to eliminate competition and imitate forest conditions.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 May 2026
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Those cells are highly responsive to mechanical stress—the reason weight-bearing exercise strengthens the skeleton—and the device is designed to imitate that signal through subtle vibration.—
Alice Gregory,
Vogue,
11 May 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
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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
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Craig approaches music the same way, intentionally and with a personal touch geared towards the setting and people that Spotify algorithms can’t replicate.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Reaching that conclusion required somehow replicating the harsh realities of Venus right here on Earth.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Thompson, who wants the Spartans to emulate the stability and attendance of the National Lacrosse League as well as the Savannah Bananas’ fan engagement, hopes the team can eventually sell out the 10,000-seat Coliseum.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Today’s pope, Leo XIV, is eager to emulate his namesake.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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But does that have echoes in what’s going on outside our window?—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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In an echo of Pliny the Younger’s account, the second skeleton, that of a somewhat older man, was found with a terracotta bowl near his head.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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And sure, animals such as starfish and flatworms can reproduce by cloning themselves—but at the end of the day, in most species, the survival of animals rests on their mothers.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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Previous studies investigated several of these features individually, but the new work attempts to reproduce the basin’s shape, crustal asymmetry, and impact direction within a single impact scenario.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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“Copycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycat. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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