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imitator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun imitator has 2 senses
- imitator(n = noun.person) impersonator - someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another; Array is a kind of beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
- imitator(n = noun.person) ape, aper, copycat, emulator - someone who copies the words or behavior of another; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: mimic, mimicker
has particulars: epigon, epigone, parrot
Derived form verb imitate1
THESAURUS
imitator
ape, conformist, copier, copycat, copyist, counterfeiter, cuckoo, dissembler, dissimulator, echo, echoer, echoist, faker, forger, hypocrite, impersonator, impostor, mime, mimer, mimic, mimicker, mocker, mockingbird, monkey, parrot, phony, plagiarist, poll-parrot, polly, polly-parrot, poseur, sheep, simulatorROGET THESAURUS
imitator
Imitation
N imitation, copying, transcription, repetition, duplication, reduplication, quotation, reproduction, mimeograph, xerox, facsimile, reprint, offprint, mockery, mimicry, simulation, impersonation, personation, representation, semblance, copy, assimilation, paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature, plagiarism, forgery, counterfeit, celluloid, imitator, echo, cuckoo, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime, copyist, copycat, plagiarist, pirate, imitated, mock, mimic, modelled after, molded on, paraphrastic, literal, imitative, secondhand, imitable, aping, apish, mimicking, literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely, like master like man, like - but oh! how different!, genius borrows nobly, pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks, quotation confesses inferiority, Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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