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formulaic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of formulaic

using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model

she thought the plots of most action movies were pretty formulaic

Synonyms of formulaic

apish, canned, emulative, epigonic (or epigonous), imitative, mimetic, mimic, slavish, unoriginal

Words Related to formulaic

copied, cribbed, plagiarized

artificial, bogus, factitious, fake, false, imitation, man-made, mock, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic

duplicated, photocopied, reduplicated, reproduced, transcribed

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading

cut-and-dried (also cut-and-dry), perfunctory, routine, uninspired

Near Antonyms of formulaic

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

genuine, natural, real

classic, ideal, model

Antonyms of formulaic

archetypal (also archetypical), original

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