What are the opposite words for original?
Original, as a word, denotes a sense of uniqueness and novelty, which can be juxtaposed with its antonyms- derivative and copied. A derivative work is created by basing it on already existing works, making it unoriginal. Similarly, a copied work is one that is done by mimicking or duplicating someone's idea, depriving it of originality. Another antonym for original can be traditional, which signifies a customary and conventional approach to a particular thing. However, the traditional approach is also sometimes considered unoriginal as it does not incorporate any new ideas or creativity. Therefore, the antonyms for "original" are derivative, copied, and traditional.
- element
- sequel
- equal
- representation
- decoy
- double
-
imitation
- apery,
- mimesis,
- simulation,
- Aperies,
- Paralleling,
- echoings,
- matchings,
- mimesises,
- mirrorings,
- para phrasing,
- para phrasings,
- para-phrasing,
- para-phrasings,
- parallelings,
- paraphrasings,
- patternings,
- re presenting,
- re semblance,
- re semblances,
- re-presenting,
- re-semblance,
- re-semblances,
- representings.
- duplicate
-
reproduction
- facsimile,
- pic,
- pix,
- reprinting,
- Reenactment,
- Spawning,
- Xray,
- PICS,
- reenactments,
- re-enactment,
- in crease,
- in creases,
- in-crease,
- in-creases,
- multi plication,
- multi plications,
- multi-plication,
- multi-plications,
- pro creations,
- pro-creation,
- pro-creations,
- re creation,
- re enactment,
- re enactments,
- re printing,
- re printings,
- re production,
- re productions,
- re-enactments,
- re-printing,
- re-printings,
- re-production,
- re-productions.
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repeat
- replay,
- rerun,
- replays,
- reruns,
- re capitulation,
- re capitulations,
- re iterations,
- re peat,
- re peats,
- re play,
- re plays,
- re run,
- re runs,
- re showing,
- re showings,
- re-capitulation,
- re-capitulations,
- re-iteration,
- re-iterations,
- re-peat,
- re-peats,
- re-play,
- re-plays,
- re-run,
- re-runs,
- re-showing,
- re-showings,
- reshowing,
- reshowings.
-
repetition
- alliteration,
- repetitiousness,
- staccato,
- tautology,
- Ingemination,
- Iterance,
- Periodicities,
- Re-turn,
- alliterations,
- tautologies,
- staccatos,
- all iteration,
- all iterations,
- all-iteration,
- all-iterations,
- broken record,
- broken records,
- in-gemination,
- in-geminations,
- iteracies,
- iterances,
- para phrase,
- para phrases,
- para-phrase,
- para-phrases,
- perseverations,
- re appearance,
- re appearances,
- re occurrence,
- re occurrences,
- re petition,
- re petitions,
- re statement,
- re statements,
- re turn,
- re turns,
- re-appearances,
- re-occurrence,
- re-occurrences,
- re-petition,
- re-petitions,
- re-statements,
- re-turns,
- repetitiousnesses,
- staccati.
- carbon
- clone
-
copy
- microfiche,
- mimeograph,
- offprint,
- reduplication,
- replication,
- reprint,
- simulacrum,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- Ectype,
- Effigies,
- transcriptions,
- tracings,
- mimeographs,
- offprints,
- Photostats,
- microfiches,
- ectypes,
- ersatzes,
- micro fiche,
- micro fiches,
- micro-fiche,
- micro-fiches,
- re print,
- re prints,
- re-print,
- re-prints,
- rubbings.
- counterfeit
- counterpart
-
derivative
- byproduct,
- by product,
- out growth,
- out growths,
- out-growth,
- out-growths,
- plagiaristic,
- Evolved,
- not original,
- more caused,
- more evolved,
- more obtained,
- more plagiaristic,
- more plagiarized,
- more procured,
- more rehashed,
- most caused,
- most evolved,
- most obtained,
- most plagiaristic,
- most plagiarized,
- most procured,
- most rehashed,
- pro cured,
- pro-cured,
- re hashed,
- re-hashed,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-ordinate,
- un-inventive.
-
fake
- four-flusher,
- bluffers,
- fourflusher,
- four flusher,
- four flushers,
- four-flushers,
- fourflushers,
- gold brick,
- gold bricks,
- junques,
- pre tender,
- pre tenders,
- pre-tenders,
- fake,
- simulated,
- fakest,
- in vented,
- in-vented,
- makebelieve,
- more concocted,
- more fabricated,
- more reproduction,
- most concocted,
- most fabricated,
- most reproduction,
- pre tended.
- fax
- forgery
- look-alike
- mirror image
- pastiche
- photocopy
- reduplication
- replication
- spin-off
- transcript
- depiction
- description
- ditto
- facsimile
- follow-up
- image
- mannequin
- match
- peer
- picture
- plagiarism
- reflection
- replica
- sham
- likeness
-
molded structure
- cast.
- exact duplicate
-
duplicate, imitation
- copy.
- fake, forgery
- match; identical part or thing
- bait, trap
- the same; duplicate
- something which exactly resembles another
- copy, reproduction
- imposture
- counterfeiting; counterfeit item
- representation; counterpart
- simulation, substitution
- fraud, trick
- correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds
- counterpart, equal
- imitation, replica
- person who is eccentric
- standard, prototype
- work of art formed from disparate sources
- mechanical image produced from a copier; making the image
- illustration, likeness of something
- copying of another's written work
- something done over; duplicate
- duplication; doing again
- something duplicated; duplication
- habitual
-
pretended
- Impostrous,
- Imposturous,
- socalled,
- dis simulated,
- dis-simulated,
- more bluffing,
- more charlatan,
- more cheating,
- more dissimulated,
- more impostrous,
- more imposturous,
- more pretend,
- more shammed,
- most bluffing,
- most charlatan,
- most dissimulated,
- most impostrous,
- most imposturous,
- most pretend,
- most purported,
- most shammed,
- pre tend,
- pre-tended,
- so called.
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imitative
- imitative,
- mimetic,
- more copycat,
- more copying,
- more mimetic,
- more mimic,
- more mimicking,
- more parrot,
- more put on,
- more put-on,
- more puton,
- more reflecting,
- more simulant,
- most copycat,
- most copying,
- most mimetic,
- most mimic,
- most mimicking,
- most parrot,
- most put on,
- most put-on,
- most puton,
- most reflecting,
- most simulant,
- simulant.
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banal
- cliched,
- everyday,
- insipid,
- nowhere,
- wishy-washy,
- cornball,
- cornfed,
- dull as dishwater,
- ho hum,
- more cornball,
- more cornfed,
- more noplace,
- more nothing,
- more nowhere,
- more pabulum,
- more zero,
- most cornball,
- most cornfed,
- most noplace,
- most nothing,
- most nowhere,
- most pabulum,
- most zero,
- noplace,
- stereo typed,
- stereo-typed,
- triper,
- tripest,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
- common
- corny
- earliest
-
hackneyed
- old-hat,
- out-of-date,
- played out,
- timeworn,
- well-worn,
- motheaten,
- familiar tune,
- more old chestnut,
- more old hat,
- more old saw,
- more old-chestnut,
- more old-hat,
- more old-saw,
- more oldchestnut,
- more oldhat,
- more oldsaw,
- more out of date,
- more played out,
- more played-out,
- more playedout,
- more well worn,
- more well-worn,
- more wellworn,
- most old chestnut,
- most old hat,
- most old saw,
- most old-chestnut,
- most old-hat,
- most old-saw,
- most oldchestnut,
- most oldhat,
- most oldsaw,
- most played out,
- most played-out,
- most playedout,
- most well worn,
- most well-worn,
- most wellworn,
- old chestnut,
- old saw,
- old-chestnut,
- old-saw,
- oldchestnut,
- oldhat,
- oldsaw,
- out dated,
- out of date,
- out-dated,
- over worked,
- over-worked,
- played-out,
- playedout,
- well worn,
- wellworn.
- insipid
- made-up
- quack
- routine
- stock
- tributary
- unimaginative
-
uninspired
- unimpressed,
- uninspiring,
- yawner,
- heavy handed,
- heavyhanded,
- in different,
- in-different,
- more unimpressed,
- more uninspiring,
- most unimpressed,
- most uninspiring,
- phoned in,
- un exciting,
- un impressed,
- un inspired,
- un inspiring,
- un interesting,
- un-exciting,
- un-impressed,
- un-inspired,
- un-inspiring,
- un-moved,
- yawnest.
- unoriginal
- bourgeois
- commonplace
-
conventional
- doctrinal,
- isolationist,
- lame,
- obstinate,
- straightlaced,
- tralatitious,
- straight-laced,
- lamest,
- ruber,
- button down,
- buttondown,
- de mure,
- de-mure,
- in established usage,
- in flexible,
- in rut,
- in-flexible,
- more doctrinal,
- more isolationist,
- more ritual,
- more straight laced,
- more straight-laced,
- more straightlaced,
- more tralatitious,
- most doctrinal,
- most isolationist,
- most ritual,
- most straight laced,
- most straight-laced,
- most straightlaced,
- most tralatitious,
- narrow minded,
- narrowminded,
- not heretical,
- pre dominant,
- pre-dominant,
- rubest,
- straight laced,
- up tight,
- up-tight,
- well known,
- wellknown.
- stale
- trite
- usual
- all
- familiar
- average, ordinary
- common, normal
- trite, clichéd
- borrowed, transmitted from source
- common, well-known
- clichéd, tired
- invented mentally
- common, regular
- fresh, new
- alleged; imaginary
- overused, out-of-date
- secondary; branch
- silly, commonplace
- dull, predictable
- dull, unoriginal
- not original
- common, typical
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Other relevant words
- accompaniment,
- addendum,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- appendage,
- appendix,
- appurtenance,
- attachment,
- by-product,
- carbon copy,
- clone,
- copy,
- counterpart,
- duplication,
- extension,
- facsimile,
- forgery,
- humbug,
- offshoot,
- outgrowth,
- reduplication,
- replica,
- replication,
- reproduction,
- reserve,
- supplement,
- transcript,
- Derivate,
- derived,
- advanced,
- apocryphal,
- baseless,
- consequent,
- counterfeit,
- derived,
- disputed,
- ensuing,
- established,
- exploded,
- fabulous,
- false,
- fictitious,
- following,
- imitative,
- infertile,
- late,
- moth-eaten,
- old,
- penultimate,
- spurious,
- subsequent,
- succeeding,
- time-honored,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- unauthorized,
- uncreative,
- unimaginative,
- uninspired,
- uninventive,
- unproductive,
- warmed-over.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
un-friendlinesses
- Antonyms:
- accord, affection, agreement.