imitation

1. 1.

   not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

   “it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur”

   “faux pearls”

   “false teeth”

   “decorated with imitation palm leaves”

   “a purse of simulated alligator hide”

   Synonymsfakefalsefauxsimulated

   Similarartificial

Other forms of imitation

plural

imitations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about imitation

What does imitation mean?

imitation means "the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in imitation?

imitation has 4 syllables: im-i-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɪməˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for imitation?

Close synonyms include caricature, impersonation, fake, false, faux. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of imitation?

The recorded antonyms are formalism.

Is imitation a common word?

imitation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with imitation?

89 words rhyme with imitation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.