aper

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/ˈeɪpɚ/

noun

Someone who apes something

Similar
imitatorcopycatemulatorape
OriginEnglish ape ← Middle English ape ← Old English apa →
UncommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

nounaper (plural apers)

plural apers

  1. Someone who apes something

    Valerio ridiculed the proposal to his friends and called Cavour an aper of English customs.

    1908, Rupert Sargent Holland, Builders of United Italy, page 175

    Synonyms: imitator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who apes something

Similar
imitator

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who copies the words or behavior of another

Similar
copycatimitatoremulatorape
Broader
actordoerworker
Also see
apecopycatemulatorimitator

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*apô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*apō
  4. Old Englishapa
  5. Middle Englishape
  6. Englishape
  7. Englishaper

From ape + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rapepearreapparePeraEarpErap
Cite this entry
APA

aper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aper

MLA

“aper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aper.

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