IMITATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imitator mean? 

• IMITATOR (noun)
  The noun IMITATOR has 2 senses:

1. someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

2. someone who copies the words or behavior of another

  Familiarity information: IMITATOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMITATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

imitator; impersonator

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

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

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

mimic; mimicker (someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who copies the words or behavior of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ape; aper; copycat; emulator; imitator

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

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

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

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)

Derivation:

imitate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)

 Context examples 

Charming as were all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and charming even as were the works of all her imitators, it was not in them perhaps that human nature, at least in the Midland counties of England, was to be looked for.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)