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The Meaning of imitative

  • (a.) Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  • (a.) Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
  • (a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
  • (n.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.

Synonyms

onomatopoeic , echoic , onomatopoetic , counterfeit , onomatopoeical , echolike , apish , apelike , mimetic , mimic , parrotlike , simulated

Antonyms

nonimitative

Rhymes

accommodative , accumulative , administrative , alliterative , appreciative , authoritative , collaborative , commemorative , cooperative , creative , dative , deliberative , facultative , innovative , investigative , iterative , legislative , manipulative , native , nonnative , probative , prognosticative , qualitative , quantitative , regulative , rehabilitative , stative , stimulative , vegetative