copycatted

verb

past tense of copycat
1
as in copied
to make an exact likeness of asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine

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2
as in imitated
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 Synonyms for copycatted
  1. copied
  2. imitated
  3. reproduced
  4. emulated
  5. replicated
  6. rendered
Verb
  • In the school’s drawing program, de Kooning copied classical works, mostly from Greece.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • When a car gets flagged, the racing team gets a note (copied to the FIA) and a short window to fix it.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of copied
Verb
  • We’ve been copied, we’ve been imitated, we have been pushed to the back.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of imitated
Verb
  • However, another email reproduced in the filing states that after about a week, Sotheby’s removed the photograph from its website at the request of the artist’s representative.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • What survived was not the work that could be reproduced by a machine.
    — David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of reproduced
Verb
  • Others snapped selfies holding physical copies of Hard Court and marveled at the chestnut burrs—that emulated the look of tennis balls—placed around the shop.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Liccardo pitched the framework as a legislative model that could be emulated across levels of local government in the Bay Area to create region-wide protection against potential ICE facilities.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of emulated
Verb
  • This model, working with diverse talent from different fields, is replicated across all activations and campaigns.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Doue’s initial double movement and left-footed dink into space are not easily replicated.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of replicated
Verb
  • Her handwriting and symbol were briefly rendered at football-field scale.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Something about the skylights transports me to a bygone New York rendered by cinema.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of rendered
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“Copycatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycatted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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