Meaning

3 senses

  1. Imitating; copying; not original.

    not genuine; imitating something superior

  2. Modelled after another thing.

  3. Sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He is imitative of other artists.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Latin imitātīvus.

From Latin imitātīvus.

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Forms

more imitative, most imitative
Comparativemore imitative Lesson
Superlativemost imitative Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
epigoniccopycatderivativeemulativemimicalunoriginal
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
creativeA2inventiveoriginalA2innovativeB2nonimitativenonmimetic

Word family

12 related words
Relatedimitableimitate
Derivedcounterimitativeimitative harmonyimitativelyimitative magicimitativenessimitativitynonimitativeoverimitativepreimitativeunimitative

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
imbibeimbueimitateB1imitationB2immaculateimmaculatelyimmaterial
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