Imitative Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Imitative

mimicking
Copying
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copying
Copying
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reflecting
That reflects.
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forged
Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
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sham
Sham means not real or fake.
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deceptive
Deceiving or intended to deceive
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apish
Like an ape
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emulative
Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative
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slavish
In the manner of a slave; abject
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onomatopoeic
Having the property of onomatopoeia.
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onomatopoetic
(Uncommon) Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic; concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.
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a-la
(UK, slang) pretentious.
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onomatopoeical
Alternative form of onomatopoeical.
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Antonyms for Imitative

real
Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
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genuine
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
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different
Differing from all others; unusual:
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original
(Not comparable) Newly created.
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nonimitative
Not imitative.
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Words Related to Imitative

mimetic
Exhibiting mimesis
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same
Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
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sounds
Imitating sounds
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gestural
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inflect
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Imitative Sentence Examples

  • The earliest efforts of his art (the Eclogues) reproduce the cadences, the diction and the pastoral fancies of Theocritus; but even in these imitative poems of his youth Virgil shows a perfect mastery of his materials.

  • Though the book is imitative and secondary in character it contains several passages of force and beauty, e.g.

  • In many ways, the work shows Rheinberger's classical leanings, with its substantial use of imitative counterpoint.

  • The absence of a mouth makes no difference and serves to prove the smile is not imitative.

  • Their technical ability was incomparablethough in grace of decorative conception they yielded the palm to the Japaneseand the representative specimens they bequeathed to posterity remained, until quite recently, far beyond the imitative capacity of European or Asiatic experts.

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