| ADJECTIVE | all | imitative | marked by or given to imitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | imitative, echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | |
| all | imitative, counterfeit | not genuine |
| Sounds | ih'mahtey.tihv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | marked by or given to imitation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
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| Narrower | apish, apelike | 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 | |
| Opposite | nonimitative | not marked by or given to imitation / imitation |
| Spanish | imitativo | |
| Verbs | imitate | reproduce someone's behavior or looks |
| Meaning | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises" | |
| Synonyms | echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | |
| Opposite | nonechoic | not echoic or imitative of sound |
| Spanish | ecoico, onomatopeico | |
| Meaning | not genuine; imitating something superior. | |
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| Synonym | counterfeit | |
| Narrower | assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | Adopted in order to deceive / deceive |
| bad, forged | Reproduced fraudulently | |
| base | debased | |
| bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard | fraudulent | |
| inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious | Intended to deceive / deceive | |
| mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something | |
| ostensible, ostensive | represented or appearing as such | |
| pinchbeck | Serving as an imitation or substitute | |
| pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of | |
| synthetic | not genuine or natural | |
| See also | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
| false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality | |
| insincere | lacking sincerity | |
| unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness | |
| Opposite | genuine, echt | not fake or counterfeit |
| Spanish | contrahecho, falseado, falsificado, falso, imitado, imitativo | |
| Verbs | imitate | make a reproduction or copy of |
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