adj
Meaning 1
Imitating; copying; not original.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
imitative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Modelled after another thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
sound-symbolic or onomatopoeic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective
Meaning 4
not genuine; imitating something superior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- counterfeit emotion
- counterfeit money
- counterfeit works of art
- a counterfeit prince
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: counterfeit
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
marked by or given to imitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- acting is an imitative art
- man is an imitative being
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonimitative
adjective
Meaning 6
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound- Harry Hoijer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
- it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin imitātīvus.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: имитиращ (imitirašt) — imitating, not original
- Bulgarian: подражаващ (podražavašt) — imitating, not original
- Catalan: imitatiu — imitating, not original
- Esperanto: imita — imitating, not original
- French: imitatif — imitating, not original
- Icelandic: hermi- — imitating, not original
- Irish: aithriseach — imitating, not original
- Japanese: 模倣的な (mohōteki na) — imitating, not original
- Japanese: 二番煎じの (nibansenji no) — imitating, not original
- Latin: imitativus — imitating, not original
- Polish: odtwórczy — imitating, not original
- Spanish: imitativo — imitating, not original
- Esperanto: imita — modelled after another thing