All imitative synonyms
im·i·ta·tive
I i adj imitative
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- echoic — resembling an echo.
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- copycat — A copycat crime is committed by someone who is copying someone else.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- derivative — A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- following — the act of following.
- forged — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- parrot — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- pseudo — not actually but having the appearance of; pretended; false or spurious; sham.
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- mimetic — characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry: mimetic gestures.
- mimicking — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- reflecting — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
adjective imitative
- unoriginal — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- trite — lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- copying — the act of copying
- emulative — Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
- emulous — Seeking to emulate or imitate someone or something.