Thesaurus: imitative

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1. 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.
2. a. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
3. 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.
4. n. A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
5. adj. marked by or given to imitation
6. adj. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
7. adj. not genuine; imitating something superior
8. 1. 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. 2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original. This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. Dryden. 3. (Nat. Hist.) 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. -- Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n. A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
9. Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, orinanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection fromenemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals areimitative.-- Im"i*ta*tive*ly, adv.-- Im"i*ta*tive*ness, n.
10. j:100 a. marked by or given to imitation