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imitative
Overview of adj imitative
The adj imitative has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) imitative -- (marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being")
2. echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic -- ((of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer)
3. counterfeit, imitative -- (not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince")
Grep of noun imitative
electronic imitative deception
imitative electronic deception
Antonyms of adj imitative
3 senses of imitative
Sense 1
imitative (vs. nonimitative)
nonimitative (vs. imitative)
Sense 2
echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Sense 3
counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
Similarity of adj imitative
3 senses of imitative
Sense 1
imitative (vs. nonimitative)
=> apish, apelike
=> mimetic
=> mimic
=> parrotlike
=> simulated
Sense 2
echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Sense 3
counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
=> assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
=> bad, forged
=> base
=> bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard
=> inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
=> mock
=> ostensible, ostensive
=> pinchbeck
=> pseudo
=> synthetic
Also See> artificial#1, unreal#3; false#1; insincere#1; unreal#1
Pertainyms of adj imitative
Attributes of adj imitative
Domain of adj imitative
Domain Terms of adj imitative
Familiarity of adj imitative
imitative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj imitative
imitative
nonimitative
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