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 One of the more direct imitators of the SpaceX model is Blue Origin. —

David Szondy may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026 Three Things That Define the Category Understanding what distinguishes a genuine moonshot company matters more now that the category has attracted imitators — organizations that have adopted the language of transformation without the underlying architecture. —

Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Most of the Steam Deck imitators on the market right now use AMD silicon, specifically the Ryzen Z-series chips. —

Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026 My Year of Rest and Relaxation and its many imitators treat the instability and anhedonia of women as a source of self-deprecating comedy and little else. —

Literary Hub, 28 May 2026 And these are now increasingly fragile as a result of global unrest, climate change and a host of imitators. —

Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 19 May 2026 The dish everyone comes for is the spicy rigatoni vodka, a plate that’s launched a thousand imitators across the country. —

Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2026 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

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The backstory The Ritz-Carlton Maldives opening is bittersweet for followers of Kerry Hill, the late, venerated Australian architect responsible for some of the most legendary hotels in the last quarter-century (including several Aman properties and The Datai Langkawi).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
The Eternal Values promise Mierers lured followers in with discussions of enlightenment and mental clarity, often revolving around diet, exercise, celibacy, and the willingness to give up material possessions.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026