imitative

Other forms: imitatively

Definitions of imitative

1. adjective

   marked by or given to imitation
   “acting is an imitative art”

   “man is an imitative being”

   synonyms:

   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

   antonyms:

   nonimitative

   not marked by or given to imitation
2. adjective

   (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
   “onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises”

   synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
3. adjective

   not genuine; imitating something superior
   synonyms: counterfeit

   assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham

   adopted in order to deceive

   bad, forged

   reproduced fraudulently

   base

   debased; not genuine

   bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

   inauthentic, spurious, unauthentic

   intended to deceive

   mock

   constituting a copy or imitation of something

   ostensible, ostensive

   represented or appearing as such; pretended

   pinchbeck

   serving as an imitation or substitute

   pseudo

   (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

   synthetic

   not genuine or natural

   artificial, unreal

   contrived by art rather than nature

   unreal

   lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

   insincere

   lacking sincerity

   false

   not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality