Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "imitative" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

creative inventive nonimitative original

Derived Terms

counterimitative imitative harmony imitatively imitativeness nonimitative overimitative preimitative unimitative

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

echoic formulaic mimetic onomatopoeial onomatopoeic onomatopoetic

Related Terms

imitable

Related Terms

copy imitate original

Similar Terms

apelike apelike apish artificial assumed bad base bastard bogus fake false fictitious fictive forged inauthentic insincere mimetic mimetic mimic mimic mock ostensible ostensive parrotlike parrotlike phoney phony pinchbeck pretended pseudo put on sham simulated simulated spurious synthetic unauthentic unreal

Synonym Network

counterfeit echoic

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