imitative

DEFINITIONS OF: imitative

“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

“onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises”

: 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

Antonyms:: echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit; authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable
not counterfeit or copied; attested, authenticated, documented
established as genuine; good, honest
not forged; honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough
(used informally especially for emphasis); honest, honorable
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; existent, real
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful; true
consistent with fact or reality; not false; show more antonyms...

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