Synonyms of the word

imitative

• adj. Imitating; copying; not original.
• adj. Modelled after another thing.

apelike

• adj. Similar to an ape in appearance or movement.
• adj. Given to servile imitation.

apish

• adj. Resembling or characteristic of an ape.

artificial

• adj. Man-made; of artifice.
• adj. False, misleading.
• adj. Unnatural.

assumed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of assume.
• adj. Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.
• adj. Supposed or presumed.

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

base

• n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
• n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
• n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.
• n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
• n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
• n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
• n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
• n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus…
• n. Important areas in games and sports.
• n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
• n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
• n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
• n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
• n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid…
• n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.
• n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
• n. (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
• n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
• n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
• n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that…
• n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
• n. (music) Dated form of bass.
• n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
• n. (archaic) The housing of a horse.
• n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour)…
• n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.
• n. (obsolete) An apron.
• n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from…
• v. (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
• v. (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
• v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
• adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
• adj. Low in place or position.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
• adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• adj. Not classical or correct.
• adj. Obsolete form of bass.
• adj. (law) Not held by honourable service.
• n. (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
• acr. Alternative form of BASE.

bastard

• n. A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
• n. A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
• n. (vulgar, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person…
• n. (often humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
• n. (often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
• n. (informal) A child who does not know his or her father.
• n. (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
• n. A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
• n. An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
• n. A sweet wine.
• n. A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
• n. An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
• n. A large mould for straining sugar.
• n. A writing paper of a particular size.
• n. (Britain, politics, pejorative) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
• adj. of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
• adj. of or like a bastard (bad person).
• adj. of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
• adj. of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.).
• adj. spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
• adj. (Britain, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
• adj. (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
• adj. (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color;…
• interj. (rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
• v. (obsolete) To bastardize.

bogus

• adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• adj. Undesirable or harmful.
• adj. (computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.
• adj. (philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent…
• adj. Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
• n. (US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.

counterfeit

• adj. False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
• adj. Inauthentic.
• adj. Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
• n. A non-genuine article; a fake.
• n. One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
• n. (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
• n. (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
• v. (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
• v. (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand…

echoic

• adj. Of or pertaining to an echo.
• adj. imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic.

fake

• adj. Not real; false, fraudulent.
• adj. Deliberately fabricated in order to deceive.
• n. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
• n. A trick; a swindle.
• n. (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling…
• v. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
• v. (archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is.
• v. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
• v. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
• n. (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or…
• v. (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers…

false

• adj. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
• adj. Based on factually incorrect premises.
• adj. Spurious, artificial.
• adj. (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
• adj. Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
• adj. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
• adj. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
• adj. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
• adj. (music) Out of tune.
• adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
• n. One of two options on a true-or-false test.

fictitious

• adj. Not real; invented; contrived.

fictive

• adj. fictional, unreal, fanciful or invented.

forged

• adj. Fake (as documents).
• adj. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal.
• v. past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.

inauthentic

• adj. Not authentic or genuine; spurious.

insincere

• adj. Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
• adj. Not serious.

mimetic

• adj. Exhibiting mimesis.
• n. Something mimetic or imitative.
• n. (education) A type of mnemonic.
• n. (pharmacology) A substance with similar pharmacological effects to another substance.

mimic

• v. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• v. (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
• n. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
• n. An imitation.
• adj. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
• adj. Mock, pretended.
• adj. (mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning…

mock

• n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
• n. Mockery, the act of mocking.
• n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
• v. To mimic, to simulate.
• v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
• v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
• adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake.

onomatopoeic

• adj. Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
• adj. Having the property of onomatopoeia.

onomatopoetic

• adj. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic; concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.

ostensible

• adj. Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
• adj. Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

ostensive

• adj. Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible.
• adj. Clearly demonstrative.

parrotlike

• adj. Resembling or characteristic of a parrot.

phoney

• adj. Alternative form of phony, chiefly British.
• n. Alternative form of phony.

phony

• adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
• n. A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
• n. A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.

pinchbeck

• n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
• adj. Made of pinchbeck.
• adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

pretended

• v. simple past tense and past participle of pretend.

pseudo

• n. An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
• n. A poseur; one who is fake.
• n. (travel industry, informal) pseudo-city code.
• n. (Internet) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity.
• n. Clipping of pseudoephedrine.
• adj. Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham.
• adj. Insincere.

sham

• adj. Intended to deceive; false.
• adj. counterfeit; unreal.
• n. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
• n. Trickery, hoaxing.
• n. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
• n. A decorative cover for a pillow.
• v. To deceive, cheat, lie.
• v. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
• v. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

simulated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of simulate.
• adj. made to imitate something else; artificial.

spurious

• adj. false, not authentic, not genuine.
• adj. (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate.

synthetic

• adj. Of, or relating to synthesis.
• adj. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical…
• adj. Artificial, not genuine.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic.
• adj. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate…
• n. A synthetic compound.

unauthentic

• adj. Not authentic.

unreal

• adj. fake; not real.
• adj. (slang) larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.