copycat

Meaning

Noun

1. (derogatory, informal) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
2. A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.

Adj

Imitative; unoriginal.

Verb

To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.

Synonyms

imitator

ape

🐒

aper

emulator

mimic

parrot

🦜

fake

forge

impersonate

me-too

mimicker

reproduce

cheater

copier

copy

counterfeit

duplicate

Translations

Nachäffer

imitatore

copión

naäper

Nachahmer

imitateur

macaquice

imitador

émule

copione

emulador

copião

copiona

Etymology

Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).