| imitative | | |
| adj. | 1. imitative | marked by or given to imitation.; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" |
| ~ apish, apelike | being or given to servile imitation. |
| ~ mimetic | exhibiting mimicry.; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy" |
| ~ mimic | constituting an imitation.; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage" |
| ~ parrotlike | mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding.; "a mere parrotlike word-calling process"; "a voice quality sounding parrotlike" |
| ~ simulated | reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character.; "under simulated combat conditions" |
| adj. | 2. 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" |
| adj. | 3. counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| ~ assumed, fictive, pretended, put on, sham, fictitious, false | adopted in order to deceive.; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" |
| ~ forged, bad | reproduced fraudulently.; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" |
| ~ base | debased; not genuine.; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" |
| ~ bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony | fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. |
| ~ inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious | intended to deceive.; "a spurious work of art" |
| ~ mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something.; "boys in mock battle" |
| ~ ostensible, ostensive | represented or appearing as such; pretended.; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" |
| ~ pinchbeck | serving as an imitation or substitute.; "pinchbeck heroism" |
| ~ pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of.; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic" |
| ~ synthetic | not genuine or natural.; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" |
| ~ artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature.; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" |
| ~ unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria.; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
| ~ insincere | lacking sincerity.; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" |
| ~ false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" |
| imitate | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. copy, imitate, simulate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| ~ conform to, follow | behave in accordance or in agreement with.; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
| ~ mock | imitate with mockery and derision.; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" |
| ~ mime, mimic | imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" |
| ~ model, pattern | plan or create according to a model or models. |
| ~ take after, follow | imitate in behavior; take as a model.; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
| ~ emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.; "He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister" |
| v. (stative) | 2. imitate | appear like, as in behavior or appearance.; "Life imitate art" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| ~ ape | imitate uncritically and in every aspect.; "Her little brother apes her behavior" |
| ~ emulate | imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. |
| ~ follow suit | do what someone else is doing. |
| v. (creation) | 3. imitate | make a reproduction or copy of. |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
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