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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for imitative

Adjective

1. imitative (vs. nonimitative), apish, apelike, mimetic, mimic, parrotlike, simulated
usage: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
2. echoic (vs. nonechoic), imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
usage: (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 (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, artificial#1, unreal, false, insincere, unreal
usage: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
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