Associations to the word «Imitative»
Wiktionary
IMITATIVE, adjective. Imitating; copying; not original.
IMITATIVE, adjective. Modelled after another thing.
IMITATIVE HARMONY, noun. Onomatopoeia.
Dictionary definition
IMITATIVE, adjective. Marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being".
IMITATIVE, adjective. (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.
IMITATIVE, adjective. Not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.