Definitions for imitative

imitative im·i·ta·tive

Spelling: [im-i-tey-tiv]
IPA: /ˈɪm ɪˌteɪ tɪv/

Imitative is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in imitative (aeiiimttv).

Definitions for imitative

adjective

  1. imitating; copying; given to imitation.
  2. of, relating to, or characterized by imitation.
  3. Biology. mimetic.
  4. made in imitation of something; counterfeit.
  5. onomatopoeic.

Origin of imitative

From the Late Latin word imitātīvus, dating back to 1575-85. See imitate, -ive

Examples for imitative

Besides this there are many forms of animal play which are not imitative at all.

I was afraid to tell my story directly, wanted to couch it in a fanciful (and imitative) yarn of sex and intrigue.

This is why he uses the letter iota as imitative of motion, ienai, iesthai.

True to her imitative instincts, Audrey could be frank with the frank.

The imitative artist will be in a brilliant state of intelligence about his own creations?

This masterpiece of imitative music is contained in a single recitative.

And still more unsuited is sculpture, the most imitative and objective of all the arts.

The imitative art is an inferior who marries an inferior, and has inferior offspring.

The only predominant characteristic that we know is their imitative power.

But music, like all art, must be truly imitative, and imitative of what is true and good.

Word Value for imitative
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