Dictionary Entry
imitative
imitative is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
- 3adjective
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.
- 4noun
A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
- 5adjective
not genuine; imitating something superior
"counterfeit emotion"
"counterfeit money"
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- 6adjective
marked by or given to imitation
"acting is an imitative art"
"man is an imitative being"
- 7adjective
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound- Harry Hoijer
"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"
"it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"
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