imitation

noun

1 she wore an imitation of a sailor's hat:

copy, simulation, reproduction, replica;

counterfeit, forgery, fake.

2 learning by imitation:

emulation, copying, following, echoing, parroting.

3 he did a perfect imitation of Francis:

impersonation, impression, parody, mockery, caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, pastiche;

mimicry, mimicking, imitating, aping, mocking;

informal send-up, take-off, spoof.

adjective

imitation ivory |

imitation Louis Quinze furniture:

artificial, synthetic, simulated, man-made, manufactured, ersatz, substitute;

reproduction, replica, repro, facsimile, model;

mock, sham, fake, counterfeit, bogus, spurious;

informal pseudo, phoney, fakey, dummy;

British, informal cod.

▷antonyms real, genuine.

imitation Oxford Dictionary of English