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1. (adj.) imitative
imitating; copying; given to imitation.
2. imitative
of, pertaining to, or characterized by imitation.
3. imitative
made in imitation of something; counterfeit.
4. imitative
onomatopoeic.
Etymology: (1575–85; < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) imitative
marked by or given to imitation
"acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
2. (adj) echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
(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
3. (adj) counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior
"counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
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| Definition of 'imitative' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) imitative
inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art
2. (adj) imitative
formed after a model, pattern, or original
3. (adj) imitative
designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative
4. (noun) imitative
a verb expressive of imitation or resemblance
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Sense: made to look like something else
imitation wood.
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 Afrikaans: nabootsend |
 Arabic: مُقَلِّد، مُحاكٍ |
 Bulgarian: подражателен |
 Brazilian: imitador |
 Czech: napodobující |
 German: nachahmend |
 Danish: efterlignende |
 Greek: μιμητικός |
 Spanish: imitativo |
 Estonian: matkiv |
 Farsi: تقلیدی؛ ساختگی |
 Finnish: jäljittelevä |
 French: imitatif |
 Hebrew: מְחַקֶה |
 Hindi: अनुकरणशील |
 Croatian: imitativan |
 Hungarian: utánzó |
 Indonesian: secara tiruan |
 Icelandic: hermi- |
 Italian: imitativo |
 Japanese: 模倣的な |
 Korean: 모방적인 |
 Lithuanian: mėgdžiojantis, imituojant |
 Latvian: imitējošs, atdarinošs; mā |
 Malay: meniru |
 Dutch: nabootsend, naaperig |
 Norwegian: som likner,–etterliknende |
 Polish: odtwórczy |
 Persian: تقلیدی؛ ساختگی |
 Pashto: مقلد، پيښه ګر، پيښې كونكى |
 Portuguese: imitador |
 Romanian: imitativ |
 Russian: подражательный |
 Slovak: napodobňujúci |
 Slovenian: posnemajoč |
 Serbian: koji imitira |
 Swedish: efterliknande, imitativ |
 Thai: ซึ่งเลียนแบบ |
 Turkish: taklitçi |
 Taiwanese: 模仿的 |
 Ukrainian: фіктивний; підроблений |
 Urdu: تقلیدی |
 Vietnamese: hay bắt chước |
 Chinese: 模仿的 |
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