emulator
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A person who tries to copy and match someone's words or actions
- noun
- /ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪ.tər/
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emulador
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who does the same things or says the same words as another person
focuses on matching or surpassing the person rather than merely repeating them
imitator
vsemulator
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3.4
A person who copies another person's words, actions, or style
aims to match or go beyond the person, not just repeat them
How Ambitious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Emulator comes from an old Latin word aemulārī, meaning 'to rival' or 'to try to match', and it shares the same root as emulate. So an emulator is someone who copies or follows a skilled person in order to be as good or even better.