Meanings
plural imitators · alternative obsolete imitatour
- A person who imitates or apes another.
Other far-right sites would gravitate to Epik. Among the first to announce its migration in early 2019 was BitChute, a YouTube imitator that had been blocked by PayPal.
2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN1 more example
Chalk it up to the government’s revelations in recent years about UFOs, or maybe just the pendulum swinging back, again, after “The X-Files” inspired a host of imitators in the 1990s.
2021 October 22, Brian Lowry, “TV OT: The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming! Plus: ‘Curb’ and ‘Insecure’ return”, in CNNSynonyms: aper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who imitates or apes another.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
nounsomeone who copies the words or behavior of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek μιμητής
- μιμητής (mimētḗs)one who imitates another
Catalan imitador
- imitadorone who imitates another
Dutch imitator
- imitatorone who imitates another
Esperanto imitanto
- imitantoone who imitates another
Finnish matkija
- matkijaone who imitates another
French imitateur
- imitateurone who imitates another
German Nachahmer, Nachahmerin
- Nachahmerone who imitates another
- Nachahmerinone who imitates another
- Epigoneone who imitates another
- Epigoninone who imitates another
- Nachäfferone who imitates another
- Nachäfferinone who imitates another
- Nachbeter (t-, de, Nachbeterin)one who imitates another
- Nachsprecherone who imitates another
- Nachsprecherinone who imitates another
- Papageione who imitates another
- Papageiinone who imitates another
- Echoone who imitates another
Greek μιμητής
- μιμητής (mimitís)one who imitates another
Hungarian utánzó, majmoló
- utánzóone who imitates another
- majmolóone who imitates another
- epigonone who imitates another
- imitátorone who imitates another
Indonesian peniru
- peniruone who imitates another
Irish aithriseoir
- aithriseoirone who imitates another
Italian imitatore
- imitatoreone who imitates another
Japanese 模倣者, 亜流
- 模倣者 (mohōsha)one who imitates another
- 亜流 (aryū)one who imitates another
Korean 모방자
- 모방자 (mobangja)one who imitates another
Latin imitātor, imitātrix
- imitātorone who imitates another
- imitātrixone who imitates another
- simulātorone who imitates another
Norwegian Bokmål imitator
- imitatorone who imitates another
Polish imitator, imitatorka
- imitatorone who imitates another
- imitatorkaone who imitates another
- naśladowcaone who imitates another
- naśladowczynione who imitates another
Russian имита́тор, подража́тель
- имита́тор (imitátor)one who imitates another
- подража́тель (podražátelʹ)one who imitates another
Spanish imitador
- imitadorone who imitates another
Swedish imitatör
- imitatörone who imitates another
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
imitator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitator
“imitator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imitator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitator.
Source: imitator on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.