| Main Entry: | imitative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simulated, unoriginal |
Synonyms: |
artful, copied, copycat, copying, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, echoic, emulative, emulous, following, forged, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrot, plagiarized, pseudo*, put-on, reflecting, reflective, secondhand, sham*, simulant |
Antonyms: |
different, genuine, original |
| Main Entry: | arty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretended expertise in art; affected interest |
Synonyms: |
affected, deceptive, ephemeral, false, flaunting, illusory, imitative, overblown, popular, popularized, pretentious, pseudo, tasteless |
| Main Entry: | derivative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borrowed, transmitted from source |
Synonyms: |
acquired, ancestral, caused, cognate, coming from, connate, copied, evolved, hereditary, imitative, inferential, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, uninventive, unoriginal |
Antonyms: |
inventive, original, unborrowed, unique |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial, fake |
Synonyms: |
apish, bogus*, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hokey, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, pseudo*, put-on, quasi, sham*, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, unreal |
Antonyms: |
authentic, genuine, real |
| Main Entry: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trite, corny |
Synonyms: |
banal, bathetic, cliché, cliché-ridden, clichéd, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, imitative, moth-eaten, musty, overused, poor, set, stale, stereotyped, stock, tedious, tired, uncreative, well-worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, unused, unworn |
| Main Entry: | slavish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking originality |
Synonyms: |
boring, dull, faithful, imitative, uninspired |
| Main Entry: | slavish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | servile |
Synonyms: |
abject, bond, dependent, groveling, hard, imitative, menial, obsequious, oppressive, submissive, subservient, uninspired, unoriginal |
Antonyms: |
assertive, independent |
| Main Entry: | unoriginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not original |
Synonyms: |
conventional, counterfeit, derivative, imitative, musty, predictable, shopworn, stereotype, timeworn, trite, unimaginative |
Antonyms: |
original |
| Main Entry: | derivational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
Synonyms: |
borrowed, copied, derived, imitative, unoriginal |
| Main Entry: | derived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
Synonyms: |
borrowed, copied, derivational, imitative, unoriginal |