imitable

Capable of being imitated or copied.

Adjective

  1. Capable of being imitated or copied.
    • The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers. - 1705, Francis Atterbury, Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at the Funeral of Mr. Tho....
  2. Worthy of imitation.
    • otherwise how were it possible, that the most base men, and separate from all imitable qualities, could so often attain to honour and riches, but by such an observant slavish course ? - 1616, Walter Raleigh, “Of...

Origin

From French imitable, from Latin imitābilis. See imitate.

Forms

more imitable most imitable

Synonyms

copiable imitable

Antonyms

inimitable

Related

imitate imitation imitative

Derived

imitableness unimitable