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COPYCAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copycat mean? 

COPYCAT (noun)
  The noun COPYCAT has 1 sense:

1. someone who copies the words or behavior of anotherplay

  Familiarity information: COPYCAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPYCAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who copies the words or behavior of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ape; aper; copycat; emulator; imitator

Hypernyms ("copycat" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copycat"):

epigon; epigone (an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician)

parrot (a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated)


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