imitative

Adjective

• not genuine; imitating something superior
  • counterfeit emotion
    
  • counterfeit money
    
  • counterfeit works of art
    
  • a counterfeit prince
    

• (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
    

• marked by or given to imitation
  • acting is an imitative art
    
  • man is an imitative being
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  counterfeit , echoic , onomatopoeic , onomatopoeical , onomatopoetic
• Antonyms: 
  genuine , echt , nonechoic , nonimitative