imitative

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adjective

1. marked by or given to imitation (Freq. 2)
- acting is an imitative art
- man is an imitative being
• Ant:
nonimitative
• Similar to:
apish, apelike, mimetic, mimic, parrotlike, simulated
• Derivationally related forms:
imitate
2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
- onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
- "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
• Syn:
echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
• Ant:
nonechoic (for: echoic)
• Derivationally related forms:
onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoetic), onomatopoeia (for: onomatopoeical)
3. not genuine;
imitating something superior
- counterfeit emotion
- counterfeit money
- counterfeit works of art
- a counterfeit prince
• Syn:
counterfeit
• Ant:
genuine (for: counterfeit)
• Similar to:
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended,
put on, sham, bad, forged, base, bogus,
fake, phony, phoney, bastard, inauthentic, unauthentic,
unauthentic, mock, ostensible, ostensive, pinchbeck,
pseudo, synthetic
• See Also:
artificial, unreal, false, insincere
• Derivationally related forms:
imitate

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  counterfeit, echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  genuine, echt, nonechoic, nonimitative