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to copycat

to copycat

1 3.7
To do the same things or say the same words as someone else
  • verb
  • /ˈkɑːpiˌkæt/
  • Informal
translation icon : copiar
  • And when they do, I'm going to copycat RRMoron.

So I don't, I don't copycat it, so I haven't.

Examples

  • Or for some new nutcase to copycat the copycat.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I forgot the whole bridge and copycat the whole thing and the audience hated it.

  • Yes, a little flat, too, you copycat.

    The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

  • How do you know it doesn't copycat them?

    Blog text (4)

  • (It does not copycat Mi and So) 5.

    Blog text (4)

  • So I don't, I don't copycat it, so I haven't.

    Film Courage

  • Well, if they have to copycat—er—emulate another couple, at least Robsten chose the alpha power couple of all time.

    Blog text (4)

  • Lammers allegedly bought assault rifles and more than 400 rounds of ammunition in a plot apparently meant to copycat last July's massacre at a showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado.

    Blog text (9)

  • When she saw her friend win the race, she decided to copycat her training routine to improve her own performance.

  • In the art class, many students began to copycat the teacher's style instead of developing their own.

Synonyms

to imitate
vsto copycat
186 2.7

Copy the way someone speaks, looks, or acts

is usually done with little original thought or creativity
to copy
vsto copycat
177 1.0

Do something the same way someone else does

is used when the action lacks originality or new ideas
to borrow
vsto copycat
107 2.6

To take an idea or method from someone else and use it as your own

suggests copying without originality rather than borrowing with credit or change
to replicate
vsto copycat
79 4.8

To do something again in the same way to get the same result

implies repeating a work without adding new creative input
to emulate
vsto copycat
59 6.0

To try to be as good as someone by copying what they do

often means copying with little originality rather than aiming to match quality
to reproduce
vsto copycat
41 4.0

To make a copy of something that looks like the original

covers copying people or ideas rather than copying physical objects alone
to follow in someone's footsteps
vsto copycat
28 3.4

To do the same job as someone who came before you, for example a parent

is a general term for copying others in many contexts rather than careers only
to plagiarize
vsto copycat
  • US
23 6.8

To copy someone else's words or ideas and claim them as your own without saying where they came from

focuses on copying without originality rather than claiming authorship
to take after
vsto copycat
2 3.5

Try to behave like someone you admire

applies more broadly to imitating others beyond family or personal models
to take a leaf out of someone's book
vsto copycat
  • UK
1 4.1

Copy what someone does to get the same results

describes copying often without originality rather than selective learning from examples

Antonyms

to innovate
39 5.5

Bring in new ideas or ways of doing things

How Close

to parrot
18 6.4
to copy
177 1.0
to copycat
  • Informal
1 3.7
to imitate
186 2.7
to take after
33 3.1

Surface Forms

copycat infinitive
copycatted past
copycatted past participle
copycatting present participle
copycats third person singular

Etymology

The verb copycat comes from the same idea as the noun copycat, from copy 'to make the same' and cat, and it means 'to imitate' someone, to do the same thing they do often without new ideas.