1
[ adjective ] marked by or given to imitation

Examples

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

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

More_often_than_not I have found easy excuse to leave my own work and stand at a respectable distance where I could watch this man transform raw nature into a composed , not imitative , painting .

Related terms

nonimitative parrotlike mimetic simulated mimic apish

2
[ adjective ] (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound

Synonyms

onomatopoeic onomatopoeical onomatopoetic echoic

Examples

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

Related terms

nonechoic

3
[ adjective ] not genuine; imitating something superior

Synonyms

counterfeit

Examples

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

Related terms

genuine pseudo bogus assumed mock inauthentic pinchbeck bad base synthetic ostensible false artificial unreal insincere

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Rhymes with

authoritative meditative qualitative rehabilitative vegetative accommodative facultative elucidative accumulative quantitative investigative manipulative innovative prognosticative stimulative administrative regulative iterative affirmative normative uninformative alliterative formative primitive informative legislative inattentive protective commemorative narrative tentative sedative negative relative attentive lucrative acquisitive expletive imaginative accusative cumulative consultative representative fugitive imperative curative punitive consecutive alliterative oversensitive communicative unimaginative illustrative deliberative palliative executive sensitive interpretive speculative comparative collaborative commemorative ultraconservative indicative decorative contemplative superlative conservative neoconservative laxative alternative derivative intuitive appreciative insensitive preservative diminutive fixative secretive prohibitive initiative uncooperative operative collaborative cooperative deliberative inoperative detective assertive vituperative positive remunerative native recuperative narrative causative appreciative talkative innovative noncompetitive restorative corroborative preventative figurative representative exploitative prerogative evocative rep uncompetitive pejorative determinative demonstrative unrepresentative nutritive putative tentative provocative argumentative competitive contraceptive nonnative additive protective generative degenerative counterproductive collective connective selective corroborative automotive locomotive probative affective eruptive corruptive directive creative presumptive disruptive irrespective introspective prospective retrospective furtive captive digestive adaptive adoptive productive reproductive substantive addictive photoconductive destructive obstructive nonproductive constructive unproductive reconstructive seductive instructive appointive conductive unreceptive deceptive receptive restive festive active octave motive redemptive perceptive receptive suggestive effective objective subjective congestive preemptive plaintive abortive supportive ineffective preventive primitive directive perspective defective introspective directive corrective inactive preventive assaultive directive reactive redemptive

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

imitate imitation imitator

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