Word

imitative, adj.
freq. cnt. 2

marked by or given to imitation
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

imitative

sample sentences

"acting is an imitative art"
"man is an imitative being"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

similar to

apish, apelike mimetic mimic parrotlike simulated

not genuine; imitating something superior
<adj.all>

counterfeit imitative

sample sentences

"counterfeit emotion"
"counterfeit money"
"counterfeit works of art"
"a counterfeit prince"

lexical pointers

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

also see

artificial, unreal false insincere unreal

similar to

pretended, fictive, assumed, false, fictitious, put on, sham bad, forged base fake, phony, bogus, phoney, bastard unauthentic, inauthentic, spurious mock ostensible, ostensive pinchbeck pseudo synthetic

(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
<adj.all>

echoic imitative onomatopoeic onomatopoeical onomatopoetic

sample sentences

"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"
"it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer

lexical pointers

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form