imitative
adjective
1 imitative
Marked by or given to imitation.
Roget 554: represent, representing etc. v., representative; illustrative [Slang]; represented etc. v.; imitative, figurative; iconic. like ... show more
Roget 19: imitated etc. v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on. paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping, ... show more
Roget 21: faithful; lifelike etc. (similar) 17; close, conscientious. unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
Polish: naśladowniczy, naśladowczy
2 imitative
of words Formed in imitation of a natural sound:
— Onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises.
synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic.
3 imitative
Not genuine; imitating something superior.
synonym: counterfeit.
Moby thesaurus: apish, battological, delineatory, depictive, duplicative, echoic, echoing, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, incarnating, iterative, limning, mimetic, mimic, mimish ... show more.
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