imitative

  • (a) marked by or given to imitation
    • acting is an imitative art
    • man is an imitative being
  • (a) (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
    echoic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic,
  • (a) not genuine; imitating something superior
    • counterfeit emotion
    • counterfeit money
    • counterfeit works of art
    • a counterfeit prince
    counterfeit,

Synonyms

echoic onomatopoeical onomatopoeic onomatopoetic counterfeit

Antonyms

nonimitative nonechoic echt genuine

See also

artificial unreal false insincere

Words of close approximity

imitation
imitative electronic deception