Thesaurus results for IMITATOR

imitator

noun

Definition of imitator

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 Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 An exemplary script and dashes of stylish direction set this ’90s favorite apart from myriad Tarantino imitators. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 No wonder More had so many imitators, who set about busily redrawing their own maps of the world. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026 That’s because success begets imitators eager to compete away profits. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Over the past year, a wave of imitators loaded public-company balance sheets with cryptocurrencies in hopes of sparking stock rallies, but that trade has since soured. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Unfortunately, Winger committed the mortal sins of having a pretty boy lead singer and painfully cheesy videos (even by 80s standards), so most people dismissed them and Beach as cheap imitators. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 That's the real test that will ultimately determine whether the Denza Z is a genuine rival or simply another very fast imitator. — New Atlas, 25 July 2026 But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more. — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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Noun

Aunty Joy, as she is affectionately called by her followers, which include people in the Australian government, is an Indigenous Australian and Senior Wurundjeri elder of the Kulin Alliance, Victoria.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
In his announcement statement, the mayor pointed to Cohen’s over 700,000 followers across social media.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of follower

Noun

Aidan Hutchinson, at this stage of his career, is a perennial 12-sack, 100-pressure performer when healthy.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Guo is considered the country’s most prominent performer of traditional xiangsheng, a form of Chinese comedic dialogue using word play and rhymes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of performer

Noun

Nevertheless, the sight of the 20-year-old Slovenian riding clear up the famed Calo Alto, seven years on from a similarly callow Pogačar seizing his first Grand Tour stage victory, provide a resounding echo.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Jäger compares the sounds of techno to the noise of Detroit’s industrial machinery—the music that drove the ersatz utopias of the late twentieth century is, in other words, merely a synthetic echo of a far more vital past.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of echo

Noun

The Golden Eye Award honors actors and actresses who shape the current cinematic year while also ranking among the most significant performers of their generation.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
The actor describes the Marvel series as a Frankenstein tale about identity.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of actor

Noun

The black and white photographs work especially well hung just a wall away from the Impressionists, many of who also work in black and white and concentrate on the slightest shadows.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026
My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.

— David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of impressionist

Noun

At all times the person is a gender impersonator not a transgender.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
In the photo, Parton impersonator Kelly Vohnn is seen in true Parton fashion, donned up in all the glitz and glamour fit for the star, wearing a white dress with shoulder pads covered in rhinestones, and sporting a small rhinestone waist belt.

— Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of impersonator

Noun

The film also revealed that Hargitay’s biological father was Nelson Sardelli, a former entertainer, and not Mickey Hargitay, the man who raised her and Mansfield’s second husband.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Beyoncé Knowles turned 45 on September 4, and to mark the occasion, the global superstar entertainer made an unusual birthday gift, of $2 million, not to herself but to the Studio Museum in Harlem.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of entertainer

Noun

The latter line, in its phrasing and melody and even the musical tone of its words, is an almost perfect mimic of Santa Claus asking Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to guide his sleigh.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
In design reviews, require product owners to specify which consumer or internal patterns the new workflow mimics; adjust UI labels and steps to match those mental models.

— Guy Yehiav, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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