Imitative

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare imitative with other words:

imitative vs. mimically

dependent vs. imitative

adjective vs. imitative

counterfeit vs. imitative

emulative vs. imitative

imitative vs. mimetic

imitative vs. intension

imitating vs. imitative

imitate vs. imitative

imitative vs. mimic

demonstrate vs. imitative