copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate. 
     V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo,
reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.
     mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act &c.
(drama) 599; represent &c. 554; counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque.
     follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps
of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit, follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another’s book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after; emulate. 
     Adj. imitated &c. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.
     paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, apish,
mimicking.

Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim[Lat], sic, totidem verbis[Lat], word for word, mot a mot[Fr]; exactly, precisely.

Phr. like master like man; “like — but oh! how different!” [Wordsworth]; “genius borrows nobly” [Emerson]; “pursuing echoes calling ’mong the rocks” [A.  Coles]; “quotation confesses inferiority” [Emerson]; “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.

     #20.  Nonimitation. —­ N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
     invention, creation. 
     Adj. unimitated[obs3], uncopied[obs3]; unmatched, unparalleled;
inimitable &c. 13; unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon[Lat], unexampled.

#20a.  Variation. —­ N. variation; alteration &c. (change) 140. modification, moods and tenses; discrepance[obs3], discrepancy. divergency &c. 291[obs3]; deviation &c. 279; aberration; innovation.  V. vary &c. (change) 140; deviate &c. 279; diverge &c. 291; alternate, swerve.  Adj. varied &c. v.; modified; diversified &c. 16a.

     #21. [Result of imitation.] Copy. —­ N. copy, facsimile, counterpart,
effigies, effigy, form, likeness.
     image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype[obs3],
photo offset, electrotype; imitation &c. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait &c. (representation) 554; resemblance.
     duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion[Brit],
reflection; shadow, echo.
      transcript[copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording,
scan.
     chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe[Fr];
apograph[obs3], fair copy.
     parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie[obs3], paraphrase.
     [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification,
expansion, extension, revision; second edition &c. (repetition) 104.
     servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake
&c.(deception) 545; pasticcio[obs3]. 
     Adj. faithful; lifelike &c. (similar) 17; close, conscientious.
     unoriginal, imitative, derivative.