imitative

adj 1: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative

art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: {nonimitative}]

2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;

"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was

independently developed in more than one place as an

onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: {echoic}, {onomatopoeic},

{onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}]

3: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit

emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art";

"a counterfeit prince" [syn: {counterfeit}] [ant: {genuine}]