imitative
adjective
1. marked by or given to imitation
- acting is an imitative art
- man is an imitative being
Similar word(s): apelike, apish, mimetic, mimic, parrotlike, simulated
2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
- onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
Similar word(s): echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
3. not genuine; imitating something superior
Similar word(s): assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, sham, bad, forged, base, bogus, fake, phoney, phony, inauthentic, spurious, unauthentic, mock, ostensible, ostensive, pinchbeck, pseudo, synthetic, artificial, unreal, insincere, false, counterfeit