Meanings
comparative more imitative · superlative most imitative
- Imitating; copying; not original.
It’s ironic that a movie so adventurous in its thinking should prove so imitative and pedestrian in its plotting, but that’s what we have in “M3GAN 2.0.”
2025 June 25, Mick LaSalle, “Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ is clever about AI, but its tired plot wastes a smart premise”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2026 - Modelled after another thing.
- human sciencessound-symbolic or onomatopoeic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by or given to imitation
adjective(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
adjectivenot genuine; imitating something superior
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinimitātīvus
- Englishimitative
From Latin imitātīvus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian имитиращ, подражаващ
- имитиращ (imitirašt)imitating, not original
- подражаващ (podražavašt)imitating, not original
Catalan imitatiu
- imitatiuimitating, not original
Esperanto imita, imita
- imitaimitating, not original
- imitamodelled after another thing
French imitatif
- imitatifimitating, not original
Icelandic hermi-
- hermi-imitating, not original
Irish aithriseach
- aithriseachimitating, not original
Japanese 模倣的な, 二番煎じの
- 模倣的な (mohōteki na)imitating, not original
- 二番煎じの (nibansenji no)imitating, not original
Latin imitativus
- imitativusimitating, not original
Polish odtwórczy
- odtwórczyimitating, not original
Spanish imitativo
- imitativoimitating, not original
Cite this entry
imitative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitative
“imitative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imitative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imitative.
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