imitable

American  

[im-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈɪm ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

1. capable or worthy of being imitated.

   She has many good, imitable qualities.

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Other Word Forms

• imitability noun
• imitableness noun
• nonimitability noun
• nonimitable adjective
• unimitable adjective

Etymology

Origin of imitable

1540–50; < Latin imitābilis, equivalent to imitā ( rī ) to imitate + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

Ms. Greene is, in every sense, a singular politician, mercifully neither imitated nor imitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

A starring role is an imitable advertisement for Thailand, which has broader ambitions to make more money from Western film productions and tourists alike.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

The "Kids," who have been together since 1984, were never that straightforward in the televised version of their act, leaning more heavily on cultivating bizarre and easily imitable characters.

From Salon • May 20, 2022

Already armed with her unmistakable “ee-ah!” ad-lib, this South African MC becomes even less imitable when she starts up her flow: lipsmacking bars in the Xitsongan language that drip with confidence and disdain.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2018

In contemplating the above qualities, it is of the highest importance to notice that, though they exist in such fulness and perfection, they are yet human, and therefore imitable.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)