Synonyms of faking

faking

verb

present participle of fake

1

as in forging

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive

pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forging
• counterfeiting
• simulating
• inventing
• manipulating
• phonying
• reproducing
• duplicating
• replicating
• plagiarizing
• fabricating
• adulterating
• juggling
• cribbing
• concocting
• doctoring
• tampering (with)
• cooking (up)
• fudging
• reduplicating

2

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of

while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• simulating
• assuming
• feigning
• acting
• affecting
• passing (for)
• bluffing
• professing
• shamming
• counterfeiting
• dissembling
• concealing
• posing
• forging
• putting on
• playing
• imitating
• making believe
• masquerading
• impersonating
• disguising
• masking
• dissimulating
• playacting
• camouflaging
• malingering
• letting on
• feinting

3

as in concocting

to perform, make, or do without preparation

if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concocting
• devising
• improvising
• manufacturing
• extemporizing
• clapping (together or up)
• inventing
• ad-libbing
• hatching
• thinking (up)
• fabricating
• cooking (up)
• contriving
• making up
• dashing (off)
• cobbling (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preparing
• arranging
• laying
• studying
• considering
• contemplating
• practicing
• readying
• exercising
• pondering
• rehearsing

4

as in evading

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement

the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evading
• dodging
• juking
• faking out
• slipping
• dekeing
• sidestepping
• pump-faking
• maneuvering (around)
• stutter-stepping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faking

The prosecution, led by Jennifer Sprague and Shanan Buckingham, alleges that Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

This aims to make faking qualifications harder, addressing a critical hiring infrastructure problem. — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

But unlike Tyesha, who had been shot in the back of the head, Mosser’s dad purposely did not return home, and only reappeared after getting arrested for faking his death and stealing another man’s identity. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Hell is sometimes a series of conference rooms meetings, where the SFX and VFX teams need to talk about how the work of faking maimings, decapitations, and buckets of fake blood are going to be shared. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

One of the loudest, and most bizarre, assessments even accused the actor of faking her pregnancy with a prosthetic. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

Parmar says the production initially considered faking the conditions before abandoning the idea entirely. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

The Dutch outlet Wielerflits reported receiving several complaints from women's WorldTeams about female cyclists exploiting their breast size in time trials by faking a larger cup size using padding in their bras. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026