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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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 Though Cox has a small role and Panettiere returns, the lack of legacy characters makes this feel like a cheap imitator at times. —

Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026 For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026 Along the way, the festival has outlasted many imitators and weathered shifting food trends by staying nimble. —

Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026 The imitators are increasingly convincing, especially as AI image and video generators get better by the day. —

John Whyte, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026 That's the beloved appetizer consisting of six yellow peppers stuffed with shrimp that family matriarch Carmen Murguia brought to California from the border town of Mexicali, creating what may be the area’s most popular Mexican dish and inspiring countless imitators. —

Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026 Michtom didn’t bother to patent his invention; the imitators merely spurred interest. —

Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 The popularity of products like Meta Ray-Bans has opened up a new market of imitators who are in an arms race to make their smart glasses as ethically dubious as possible, perhaps with a little help from AI or facial recognition software. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026 Although Rudolph’s concrete architecture was more complex and soulful than that of many of his imitators, that difference was often overlooked. —

Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2026

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And what struck me as really interesting is just how many members were part of these groups and how many of these groups there are, specifically on Reddit, some of which have upwards of a million followers.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Late last week, Lindsey Buckingham dropped a very tantalizing tidbit while speaking to his Instagram followers about his future plans.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2026