apish
Like a copycat
Apish means resembling or imitating an ape—clumsy, foolish, or mindlessly imitative.
The word suggests crude mimicry without understanding: apish behavior, an apish grin.
Someone acting apish copies others in an undignified or silly way.
The term is mildly insulting and somewhat old-fashioned.
Comically foolish in behavior
- buffoonishComically foolish in behavior
- asinineExtremely foolish or stupid
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
- fatuousSilly and self-satisfied
inane · ludicrous · ridiculous · moronic · harebrained · nonsensical · preposterous · doltish
One who mimics another
- mimickingCopying another's behavior
- emulatingCopying to equal
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
mirroring · simulating · duplicating · replicating · imitator · unoriginal · derivative · secondhand
Ludicrous or playful act
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
- prankishFond of tricks
cavorting · romping · capering · gamboling · clowning · monkeyish · frisky · sportive
Expressing contemptuous ridicule
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
ridiculing · satirical · contemptuous · scoffing · lampooning · parodying · teasing · heckling
clownish
Comically foolish in behavior
- buffoonishComically foolish in behavior
- asinineExtremely foolish or stupid
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
fatuous · inane · ludicrous · ridiculous · moronic · harebrained · nonsensical · preposterous · doltish · simpering
copycat
One who mimics another
echoing · mirroring · simulating · duplicating · replicating · imitator · unoriginal · derivative · secondhand · borrowed
antic
Ludicrous or playful act
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
prankish · cavorting · romping · capering · gamboling · clowning · monkeyish · frisky · sportive · jocular
derisive
Expressing contemptuous ridicule
taunting · ridiculing · satirical · contemptuous · scoffing · lampooning · parodying · teasing · heckling · disparaging