Copycat Definition

kŏpē-kăt
copycats, copycatted, copycatting
noun
copycats
A person who imitates or mimics another's behavior, actions, ideas, etc.
Webster's New World

(informal) One who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity.

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Synonyms:
verb
To act as a copycat.
Webster's New World
To imitate or mimic.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating an action, behavior, an idea, etc. that closely imitates that of another.
A case of arson that inspires copycat crimes.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Copycat

Noun

Singular:
copycat
Plural:
copycats

Origin of Copycat

  • From copy + cat (“person”). It has been in use since at least 1896, in Sarah Orne Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs.

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