imitative
adjective
im·i·ta·tiveˈi-mə-ˌtā-tiv 
especially British-tə-tiv
1
a
:marked byimitation
Acting is animitative art.
b
:reproducing or representing a natural sound:onomatopoeic
"Hiss" is animitative word.
c
:exhibiting mimicry
2
:inclined toimitate
Humans areimitative beings.
3
:imitating something superior:counterfeit
imitative gemstones
imitativelyadverb
imitativenessnoun
Synonyms ofimitative
Examples ofimitative in a Sentence
The architecture isimitative of a Japanese temple. your writing style tends to beimitative of whichever author you've recently read
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Deni Ellis Béchard,Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place orimitative of a sound.—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025Conversations in dorm rooms and lecture halls consist of roughly 97% university-loathing andimitative protests to fire coaches and athletic directors.—Noah White,Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025Third-partyimitative learning from an immigrating parrot’s flockmates may facilitate overall group integration and social bonding and may even give rise to cultural conventions of coordinated movements or gestures.—Grrlscientist,Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025See All Example Sentences forimitative
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Deni Ellis Béchard,Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place orimitative of a sound.—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025Conversations in dorm rooms and lecture halls consist of roughly 97% university-loathing andimitative protests to fire coaches and athletic directors.—Noah White,Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025Third-partyimitative learning from an immigrating parrot’s flockmates may facilitate overall group integration and social bonding and may even give rise to cultural conventions of coordinated movements or gestures.—Grrlscientist,Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025See All Example Sentences forimitativeWord History
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“Imitative.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imitative. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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imitative
adjectiveim·i·ta·tiveˈim-ə-ˌtāt-iv
1
:involving imitation
2
:given to imitating
3
:imitating something better
imitativelyadverb
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