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Synonyms for imitator

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Synonyms for imitator

one who mindlessly imitates another

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Synonyms for imitator

someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another

someone who copies the words or behavior of another

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When a customer unknowingly purchases an imitator of Lego(r), such as Ligo, and tries to join the new piece with the original without getting a perfect fit, then not only is the language of Lego(r) damaged, but perhaps the whole product category of building blocks.
Called the "great imitator," alder can even be fashioned into butcher block (left).
"A master might have smooth, consistent strokes, say, while an imitator is jerky," says study coauthor Hany Farid, a computer scientist at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Japan remains a brilliant imitator, as our Starbucks story reveals, finding ways to absorb a business model and recast it for greater success.
Arguably, MTV and its imitator channels already share some of the blame for the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, by incessantly bombarding their youthful audiences with sexually charged and pornographic images and mess ages.
Every 15 minutes, the site displays a new picture of a side-by-side greenhouse trial comparing Roundup UltraMAX and Syngenta's latest imitator product on velvetleaf and barnyardgrass.
This quality is hinted at in The Voice Imitator, with the repetition of the phrase "in the nature of things," as well as many italicized words, but the book as a whole does not have the space or time to repeat, recombine, and vary the linguistic phrases and motifs.
The dozen volumes of poems that he published between the two world wars show his growth from an imitator of the poets of the Skamander group to an independent and mature poet with a mastery of form.
He also wrote plays of his own, adapted others for <IR> RICHARD MANSFIELD </IR> , and satirized Mansfield in a novel, The Imitator (1901).
A SINGER who wasn't even born when Elvis Presley died is Ireland's official candidate in a search for the world's best imitator of The King.
Our P.I.S.H award (Preposterous Imitator of Saintly Heroine) is on its way to the woman whose concept of mingling with the poor is stepping outside her multi-million-dollar estate.
That luscious imitator of Martha Graham, Richard Move, masterminded a wonderful parade of stars, some connected to Graham, others not.