Thesaurus:imitative

Thesaurus

imitative

English

Adjective

Sense: something that copies something else

Synonyms

• copycat
• derivative
• emulative
• imitative
• mimical (rare)
• unoriginal

Antonyms

• creative
• inventive
• nonimitative
• nonmimetic
• original

Hyponyms

• formulaic
• mimetic
•   —
• echoic
• onomatopoeial
• onomatopoeic
• onomatopoetic

See also

• Thesaurus:imitable

Further reading

• “19. imitation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “imitative” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.