IMITATIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does imitative mean?
• IMITATIVE (adjective)
The adjective IMITATIVE has 3 senses:
1. marked by or given to imitation
2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
3. not genuine; imitating something superior
Familiarity information: IMITATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• IMITATIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by or given to imitation
Context examples:
acting is an imitative art / man is an imitative being
Similar:
apelike; apish (being or given to servile imitation)
mimetic (exhibiting mimicry)
mimic (constituting an imitation)
parrotlike (mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding)
simulated (reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character)
Antonym:
nonimitative (not marked by or given to imitation)
Meaning:
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
Synonyms:
echoic; onomatopoeical; imitative; onomatopoeic; onomatopoetic
Context examples:
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises / it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Meaning:
Not genuine; imitating something superior
Synonyms:
counterfeit; imitative
Context examples:
counterfeit emotion / counterfeit money / counterfeit works of art / a counterfeit prince
Similar:
assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham (adopted in order to deceive)
synthetic (not genuine or natural)
pseudo ((often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of)
pinchbeck (serving as an imitation or substitute)
ostensible; ostensive (represented or appearing as such; pretended)
mock (constituting a copy or imitation of something)
inauthentic; spurious; unauthentic (intended to deceive)
bastard; bogus; fake; phoney; phony (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance)
base (debased; not genuine)
bad; forged (reproduced fraudulently)
Also:
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
insincere (lacking sincerity)
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
