Artificial
Artificial adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: artificial fruit made from wax
Imitative and artificial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imitative" instead an adjective "Artificial".
Nearby Words: artifice, artificially
Imitative
Imitative adjective - Using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model.
Usage example: your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read
Artificial and imitative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artificial" instead an adjective "Imitative".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and artificial
- sham and imitative
- affected and artificial
- affected and imitative
- synthetic and artificial
- synthetic and imitative
- fake and artificial
- fake and imitative
- ersatz and artificial
- ersatz and imitative
- phony and artificial
- phony and imitative
- counterfeit and artificial
- counterfeit and imitative
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