Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great imitator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.17 in modern English

Syllables: great im-i-ta-tor
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.

Example Sentences

"Syphilis is a wily infection. Its symptoms come and go and can look like a lot of other ailments, leading doctors to dub it “the great imitator.”"

Inflected Forms

the great imitator (canonical) great imitators (plural)

Synonyms

great masquerader

Questions

What does great imitator mean?: Any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.

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