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Synonyms & 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 for imitative
Words Related to imitative
- artificial,
- bogus,
- factitious,
- fake,
- false,
- imitation,
- man-made,
- mock,
- sham,
- simulated,
- substitute,
- synthetic
- cut-and-dried
- (also cut-and-dry),
- perfunctory,
- routine,
- uninspired
Near Antonyms for imitative
Antonyms for imitative
- 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
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“Imitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imitative. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of imitative was in 1584
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