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imitative
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of IMITATIVE
1
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model <your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read>
Synonyms apish, canned, emulative, epigonic (or epigonous), formulaic, mimetic, mimic, slavish, unoriginal
Related Words copied, cribbed, plagiarized; artificial, bogus, factitious, fake, false, imitation, man-made, mock, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic; duplicated, photocopied, reduplicated, reproduced, transcribed; backup; counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading; cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), perfunctory, routine, uninspired
Antonyms archetypal (also archetypical), original
2
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials <an imitative extract never has the flavor of the real thing>
Synonyms artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Related Words cultured, manufactured, process; unauthentic; adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with); concocted, fabricated; counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney); affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious
Near Antonyms authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true; premium, quality, valuable; pure, unadulterated
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