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