adj ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Imitating; copying; not original.
2. 2
   Modelled after another thing.
3. 3
   sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

Adjective

1. 1
   not genuine; imitating something superior wordnet
2. 2
   marked by or given to imitation wordnet
3. 3
   (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound wordnet

Synonyms

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echoicmimeticmimicparrotlikeapelikeapish

Antonyms

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creativeinnovativeinventivenonimitative

Example

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"He is imitative of other artists."

Etymology

From Latin imitātīvus.

Related phrases

imitative harmony

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