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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 imitators
And these are now increasingly fragile as a result of global unrest, climate change and a host of imitators.
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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
Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
This is the first Hitchcock film that fully crystallizes his distinct sense of dark humor, which is one of the key elements that sets his thrillers apart from those of his contemporaries and imitators.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Swimbaits, stick baits, creature baits, crawfish imitators, and big ribbontail worms will all catch fish on a Texas rig.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
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
Baseball is a copycat league, and success breeds imitators.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.
—Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
This is the first Hitchcock film that fully crystallizes his distinct sense of dark humor, which is one of the key elements that sets his thrillers apart from those of his contemporaries and imitators.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
Swimbaits, stick baits, creature baits, crawfish imitators, and big ribbontail worms will all catch fish on a Texas rig.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imitators
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Broken Bow skyrocketed in popularity, taking off with big-time collaborations with artists and well over 1 million followers on social media.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Here’s a list of questions from my followers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Unlike Diller’s, hers was laid-back and authoritative, with echoes of Miranda Priestly (another stylish doyenne with a beleaguered protégée).—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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There are the faintest echoes of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre in the Yorkshire Moors setting.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Upstairs, impressionists, writers, socialites, and painters who moved in Proust’s orbit, from Sarah Bernhardt to Emile Zola and Claude Monet, lent their names to a room or suite.—
Lindsey Tramuta,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2026
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Both actors are incandescent and the chemistry between them is off the charts, and Calvani is even more adorable this season as the demonstrative and frank Italian who longs for his homeland.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Casting actors who are well past college age to play fictional undergraduates is nothing new, but the near-decade between Bright and co-star Belmont Cameli has stirred up fans and even commanded a response from one of the show’s stars.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
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The event aims to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of Monroe impersonators, with organizers hoping to attract 500 volunteers.—
Staff Photographer,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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And that's before counting the impersonators.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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“Imitators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imitators. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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