imitation

  • (s) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
    • it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur
    • faux pearls
    • false teeth
    • decorated with imitation palm leaves
    • a purse of simulated alligator hide
    faux, simulated, fake, false,

Nouns

  • (n) the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
  • (n) something copied or derived from an original
  • (n) copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
  • (n) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect caricature, impersonation,

Synonyms

faux simulated fake false caricature impersonation

Antonyms

formalism

Words of close approximity

imitative
imitation leather