Copy
Copy verb - To use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior.
Usage example: she shamelessly copies her idol's hairstyle and fashion choices
Repeat is a synonym for copy in imitate topic. In some cases you can use "Repeat" instead the word "Copy" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like duplicate, reproduce.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good copy | good repeat |
| full | full copy | full repeat |
| exact | exact copy | exact repeat |
| original | original copy | original repeat |
| Other adjectives: straight, single, obvious, new, near, final, lesser, hidden, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Repeat After Me: To get them to blend in at the restaurant, Shaun tells his fellow sheep to copy one of the customers.
- Copy And Paste Environments: The background will repeat the same clouds and mountains over and over again.
Source: Video Game / NANACACRASH!! -
This version apparently overwrites the original copy of him, but without any accumulated memories, thus condemning him to repeat the same sequence of events for eternity.
Source: Temporal Paradox
Cite this Source
Repeat and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/repeat
Copy & Repeat. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/repeat>.
Repeat or Copy. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/repeat.
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