Entry Word: counterfeit

Function: adjective

Meaning: being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud <counterfeit money that had been passed all over town>

Synonyms bogus, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, phony (also phoney), sham, spurious, unauthentic

Related Words artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mimic, mock, simulated, substitute, synthetic; dummy, nonfunctioning, ornamental; cultured, fabricated, manufactured; deceptive, delusive, misleading

Near Antonyms natural; actual, true, valid

Antonyms authentic, bona fide, genuine, real