ADJECTIVE | all | imitative | marked by or given to imitation |
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all | imitative, echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | |
all | imitative, counterfeit | not genuine |
Sounds | ih'mahtey.tihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | marked by or given to imitation. | |
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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. | |
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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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