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- DictionaryFake/fāk/
adjective
- 1. not genuine; counterfeit: "fake designer clothing" Similar forgerycounterfeitcopyshamfraudhoaximitationmock-updummyreproductionlookalikelikenessinformal:phoneypirateknockoffrip-offdupecounterfeitforgedfraudulentshamimitationfalsebogusspuriouspseudoworthlessinvalidinformal:phoneydudimitationartificialsyntheticsimulatedreproductionreplicaersatzplasticman-madedummyfalsemockshambogusso-calledinformal:pretendphoneyfakeypseudoOpposite genuinegenuine
- ▪ (of a person) claiming to be something that one is not: "a fake doctor" Similar charlatanquackmountebankshamfraudhumbugimpostorpretendermasqueraderhoodwinkerhoaxercheatcheaterdeceiverdissemblertricksterconfidence tricksterfraudsterinformal:phoneycon mancon artistdated:confidence man
noun
- 1. a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham: "the painting was a fake" Similar forgerycounterfeitcopyshamfraudhoaximitationmock-updummyreproductionlookalikelikenessinformal:phoneypirateknockoffrip-offdupe
- ▪ a person who appears or claims to be something that they are not: "I felt sure that some of the nuns were fakes" Similar charlatanquackmountebankshamfraudhumbugimpostorpretendermasqueraderhoodwinkerhoaxercheatcheaterdeceiverdissemblertricksterconfidence tricksterfraudsterinformal:phoneycon mancon artistdated:confidence man
verb
- 1. forge or counterfeit (something): "the woman faked her spouse's signature" Similar forgecounterfeitfalsifyshamfeignmock upcopyreproducereplicatedoctoraltertamper withtinker withinformal:piratefiddle (with)
- ▪ pretend to feel or suffer from (an emotion or illness): "he had begun to fake a bad stomachache" Similar feignedfakedput-onassumedimprovisedinventedaffectedpseudoinsincereunconvincingartificialimitationmockshaminformal:phoneyfakeypseudpretendcodfeignpretendsimulateshamput onmake-believeaffectgive the appearance ofmake a show ofmake a pretense ofgo through the motions ofOpposite authentic
- ▪ make (an event) appear to happen: "he faked his own death" Similar feignpretendsimulateshamput onmake-believeaffectgive the appearance ofmake a show ofmake a pretense ofgo through the motions of
- ▪ improvise: "he fakes the melody line of a standard tune"
Word Origin late 18th century (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’. Compare with fig2.
Derivatives
- 1. fakery noun
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