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 | ||