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cloner

cloner

1 5.5
A person who copies another person's work or style without adding new ideas
  • noun
  • /ˈkloʊnər/
translation icon : plagiador
  • cloners copy

Examples

  • Let me understand you correctly: someone is clearly cloning your product, and you are siding with the "cloner."

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  • Apple has an iMac, an all-in-one computer, so anyone else who designs anything that slightly resembles an all-in-one computer is a cloner.

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  • The artist accused the cloners of stealing her designs without permission.

  • Many fashion brands struggle to protect their creations from cloners who replicate their styles.

  • Cloners often produce knockoff products that look similar to original ones but lack quality.

Synonyms

copycat
vscloner
  • Offensive
72 3.3

A person who does the same things or says the same words as another person

copies creative style or design without adding new original ideas
imitator
vscloner
9 3.4

A person who copies another person's words, actions, or style

focuses on copying creative work specifically without adding originality
plagiarist
vscloner
4 7.0

A person who copies someone else's words or ideas and presents them as their own

copies creative work without adding original thought or crediting sources
copyist
vscloner
1 7.7

A person who writes documents or books by hand

duplicates creative material in form but not adding original authorship or design
replicator
vscloner
1 6.5

A person or machine that makes exact copies of objects like paintings

copies creative designs with technical accuracy but no added originality
plagiarizer
vscloner
  • US
1 7.3

A person who copies someone else's words or ideas and claims them as their own

copies creative work without adding originality or seeking permission
literary pirate
vscloner
7.2

A person who copies another writer's work and presents it as their own

copies creative work without adding originality or claiming authorship
recreator
vscloner
7.5

A person who makes something again by copying or restoring the original

duplicates creative designs but without adding new original features

Antonyms

108 3.0

A person who makes a new thing that was not there before

How Original

adapter
1 6.5
cloner
1 5.5
copycat
  • Offensive
72 3.3
plagiarist
4 7.0

Surface Forms

cloner singular
cloners plural

Morphology

cloner = clone (transparent) = clone + er

The agentive '-er' forms a noun meaning 'one who clones' and the evaluative sense ('copies without originality') is a straightforward extension of 'to copy'.

Etymology

Cloner comes from clone, originally from the old Greek klon meaning 'twig', because a clone is an exact match like a new plant grown from a twig. So a cloner can also be someone who simply 'copies' another person's work or style without adding new ideas.