as in imitator
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
every rock singer who makes it big soon has a whole cluster of copycats
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as in to copy
to make an exact likeness of
asked her stylist to copycat a hairstyle from the magazine
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as in to imitate
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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Mat Issa, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Those limitations and concerns were afterthoughts when Rufus felt like an unpopular copycat.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
Its new twist on phishing alerts, though, could give it and copycat criminal hackers one more edge in a fight that’s already unfair.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 14 Oct. 2021
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Noun
The Bradley Beal Sin The short answer to the question posed above is that the NBA is a copycat league, and the association saw the mistake made by the Phoenix Suns last offseason and has all made the collective decision not to let history repeat itself.
—Mat Issa, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Those limitations and concerns were afterthoughts when Rufus felt like an unpopular copycat.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Verb
Park mentioned the case of the Boston Marathon Bomber, in which social media led to misidentification of suspects, and possibly to copycat cases.
—Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
Its new twist on phishing alerts, though, could give it and copycat criminal hackers one more edge in a fight that’s already unfair.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 14 Oct. 2021
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“Copycat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copycat. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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