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derivative [dih-riv-uh-tiv]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: borrowed, transmitted from source
Synonyms: acquired, ancestral, caused, cognate, coming from, connate, copied, evolved, hereditary, imitative, inferential, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, uninventive, unoriginal
Antonyms: inventive, original, unborrowed, unique
Main Entry: branch
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: department
Synonyms: annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing
Antonyms: company
Main Entry: imitative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: simulated, unoriginal
Synonyms: artful, copied, copycat, copying, counterfeit, deceptive, derivative, echoic, emulative, emulous, following, forged, mimetic, mimic, mimicking, mock, onomatopoeic, parrot, plagiarized, pseudo*, put-on, reflecting, reflective, secondhand, sham*, simulant
Antonyms: different, genuine, original
Main Entry: offshoot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: development, product
Synonyms: adjunct, appendage, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, limb, outgrowth, spin-off, sprout
Antonyms: origin, source
Main Entry: outgrowth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: product, consequence
Synonyms: aftereffect, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, development, effect, emergence, end, end result, issue, member, offshoot, offspring, outcome, result, spin-off, yield
Main Entry: spin-off
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offshoot
Synonyms: adjunct, branch, by-product, derivative, descendant, division, offspring, outgrowth, sequel
Main Entry: unimaginative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dull, predictable
Synonyms: banal, barren, bromidic, common, commonplace, derivative, dime a dozen, dry, dull as dishwater, flat, hackneyed, ho hum, lifeless, matter-of-fact, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, prosaic, routine, square*, tame, tedious, trite, uncreative, uninspired, unoriginal, unromantic, usual, vanilla, well-worn, zero*
Antonyms: creative, imaginative, original
Main Entry: supplemental
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: additional
Synonyms: adscititious, auxiliary, derivative, supporting
Main Entry: unoriginal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not original
Synonyms: conventional, counterfeit, derivative, imitative, musty, predictable, shopworn, stereotype, timeworn, trite, unimaginative
Antonyms: original
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