copycat
Meanings
Plural: copycats
Noun
- someone who copies the words or behavior of another
- One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
- A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.
Adj
- Imitative; unoriginal.
Verb
- To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.
Origin / Etymology
Originally American English, from copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).
Scrabble Score: 16
copycat is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcopycat is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
copycat is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
copycat is a valid Words With Friends word