as in imitators
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 copies
to make an exact likeness of
asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine
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as in imitates
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 copycats
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
John Monaghan, also warning the sewer visitors and their potential copycats.
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David K. Li,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Tung Tung Tung Sahur has spawned legions of copycats and spinoffs.
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New York Times,
1 June 2026
The copycats aren't the only ones showing up to pay their respects.
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Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Creator denounces copycats The trend is largely credited to a TikTok video posted in March by an anonymous creator called Swhileyy.
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Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
What real cookbook authors say about AI copycats.
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Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
That Serial season was downloaded more than 300 million times, and its success spawned thousands of copycats and a vast community of true-crime fans.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
Other internet critics slammed his great-uncle's creation as touristy, insisting diners could find tastier versions among the legion of copycats.
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Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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The film spawned a host of copycats, but that's not surprising given its incredible success, including an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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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
Tung Tung Tung Sahur has spawned legions of copycats and spinoffs.
—
New York Times,
1 June 2026
The copycats aren't the only ones showing up to pay their respects.
—
Sean Joseph Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Creator denounces copycats The trend is largely credited to a TikTok video posted in March by an anonymous creator called Swhileyy.
—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
What real cookbook authors say about AI copycats.
—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
That Serial season was downloaded more than 300 million times, and its success spawned thousands of copycats and a vast community of true-crime fans.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
Other internet critics slammed his great-uncle's creation as touristy, insisting diners could find tastier versions among the legion of copycats.
—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copycats
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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.
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Their clothes inspired imitators.
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The technology copies tone, speech patterns, and accents closely enough that many people can't tell the difference between a real voice and a fake one.
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The logic behind the format essentially copies what Spotify has done with podcasts, which is shorter listens leading to longer-form engagement over time.
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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.
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My mother imitates me, then converts the word into a pair of Korean syllables that sound most like the German.
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In the days since posting the news, Mitchell has continued to update her followers about the aftermath and the start of the healing process, including videos of herself laboring.
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But in my experience, even the most active and transparent people sharing what seems to be every tidbit of their life to feed or attract followers will never share their social security number or address.
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The smart glasses come equipped with a proprietary liquid-crystal-on-silicon display that reproduces 16 million colors and offers a 51° field of view.
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Once a specific constraint is imposed, the mathematical model reproduces the exact behavior of the original nonreciprocal flock.
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Like many performance EVs attempting to address the absence of combustion-engine noise, Genesis has also developed a bespoke electric Active Sound Design system to create a soundtrack that emulates an ICE vehicle.
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Virgin with Codex emulates the original painting’s translucent hair.
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Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
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Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.
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The Donald Ross Memorial Course replicates famous holes by one of the greatest architects of all time, including Pinehurst Number Two and otherwise ultra-private clubs such as Seminole and Oakland Hills.
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Named the SpiderCam, the prototype from Northwestern University replicates the manner in which the spiders' eyes allow the creatures to gauge distances before making a surprise sideways jump at some unsuspecting victim minding its own business.
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“Copycats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycats. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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