imitative

adj.

1. Of or involving imitation.
2. Not original; derivative.
3. Tending to imitate.
4. Onomatopoeic.

imitatively im'i·ta'tive·ly adv.
imitativeness im'i·ta'tive·ness n.

adjective

1. Copying another in an inferior or obsequious way: apish, emulative, slavish. See same/different/compare.
2. Imitating sounds: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic. See same/different/compare, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

adj

Definition: simulated, unoriginal
Antonyms: different, genuine, original, real

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by or given to imitation
  Antonym: nonimitative (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
  Synonyms: echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic

Meaning #3: not genuine; imitating something superior
  Synonym: counterfeit

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som efterligner, efterlignet, uoriginal, uægte

Nederlands (Dutch)
imiterend

Français (French)
adj. - imitateur, imitatif, sans originalité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nachahmend, nachgemacht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μιμητικός

Italiano (Italian)
imitativo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imitativo

Русский (Russian)
подражательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - imitativo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - efterliknande, härmlysten, oäkta, imiterad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
模仿的, 伪造的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 模仿的, 偽造的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 모방의, 흉내를 잘 내는, 의성적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - まねをする, 模倣の, 模造の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تقليدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חקייני, מחקה‬

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