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English adjective: imitative | |||
| 1. | imitative marked by or given to imitation | ||
| Samples | Acting is an imitative art. Man is an imitative being. | ||
| Similar | apelike, apish, mimetic, mimic, parrotlike, simulated | ||
| Antonyms | nonimitative | ||
| 2. | imitative (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | ||
| Samples | Onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises. It was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term. | ||
| Synonyms | echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | ||
| Antonyms | nonechoic | ||
| 3. | imitative not genuine; imitating something superior | ||
| Samples | Counterfeit emotion. Counterfeit money. Counterfeit works of art. A counterfeit prince. | ||
| Synonyms | counterfeit | ||
| Similar | assumed, bad, base, bastard, bogus, fake, false, fictitious, fictive, forged, inauthentic, mock, ostensible, ostensive, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, pretended, pseudo, put on, sham, spurious, synthetic, unauthentic | ||
| See also | artificial, false, insincere, unreal, unreal | ||
| Antonyms | echt, genuine | ||
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