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   Fake

   /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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   Synonyms for FAKE: faux, synthetic, simulated, artificial, dummy, imitation, false, mock; Antonyms of FAKE: real, genuine, natural, true, legitimate, authentic, bona fide, valuable.

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   pretend. She pretended not to know about the surprise. make believe. He's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce. play at something. UK. The children are playing at cops and robbers.

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   Synonyms for FAKE: bogus, false, phony, counterfeit, fraudulent, sham, spurious, faux, suppositious; Antonyms for FAKE: true, real, genuine, original, truthful, original, reality, fact, reality. See syn. study at quack.quack.

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   Definitions of fake. noun. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. synonyms: postiche, sham. see more. noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms: faker, fraud, humbug, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer. see more.

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   an object, person, or act that is not genuine. It is filled with famous works of art, and every one of them is a fake. Synonyms. forgery. copy. fraud (informal) reproduction. dummy. imitation.

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    originate, authenticate. Sense: Verb: pretend. Synonyms: pretend, feign, simulate, act, bluff, put on (informal)

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    Synonyms for fake in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for fake. 131 synonym for fake: artificial, false, forged, counterfeit, affected, assumed, put-on, pretend, mock, imitation, sham, pseudo, feigned, pinchbeck....