imitative

imitative has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• a.. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
• a.. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
• a.. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative.
• n.. A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
• a.. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
• a.. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
• a.. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer