Synonyms of bogus

bogus

adjective

1

as in fake

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fake
• faux
• synthetic
• simulated
• artificial
• false
• dummy
• imitation
• imitative
• mock
• ersatz
• sham
• manufactured
• factitious
• counterfeit
• substitute
• pretend
• mimic
• deceptive
• designer
• process
• man-made
• fraudulent
• manipulated
• misleading
• fabricated
• forged
• unauthentic
• pseudo
• engineered
• phoney
• concocted
• phony
• cultured
• adulterated
• spurious
• doctored
• fudged
• feigned
• affected
• juggled
• tampered (with)
• pinchbeck
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• natural
• true
• legitimate
• authentic
• valuable
• bona fide
• pure
• quality
• premium
• unadulterated

2

as in counterfeit

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

the "designer" watches sold on the street are usually bogus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterfeit
• fake
• false
• forged
• phoney
• phony
• spurious
• inauthentic
• sham
• imitation
• ornamental
• snide
• manufactured
• unauthentic
• synthetic
• artificial
• deceptive
• misleading
• mock
• simulated
• queer
• dummy
• factitious
• substitute
• fabricated
• mimic
• cultured
• nonfunctioning
• delusive
• man-made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• authentic
• bona fide
• natural
• actual
• true
• unfaked
• valid

3

as in false

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

there was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company's parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• false
• mock
• fake
• unnatural
• strained
• pseudo
• exaggerated
• mechanical
• artificial
• affected
• simulated
• phony
• spurious
• phoney
• contrived
• assumed
• sham
• forced
• plastic
• factitious
• theatrical
• theatric
• feigned
• cute
• pretended
• unreal
• empty
• hollow
• put-on
• automatic
• calculated
• manufactured
• unrealistic
• formal
• unauthentic
• deliberate
• pat
• hypocritical
• insincere
• fabricated
• canned
• stiff
• hokey
• concocted
• conventional
• labored
• melodramatic
• facile
• unctuous
• wooden
• histrionic
• conscious
• rigid
• impersonal
• stylized
• mealy
• cultivated
• mincing
• premeditated
• two-faced
• cutesy
• artful
• mealymouthed
• overdone
• genteel
• studied
• simpering
• double-dealing
• inflexible
• overacted
• goody-goody
• overrefined
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• real
• true
• natural
• spontaneous
• unaffected
• authentic
• realistic
• artless
• right
• bona fide
• sincere
• honest
• easy
• ingenuous
• unforced
• unfeigned
• uncontrived
• smooth
• effortless
• unconscious
• impromptu
• instinctive
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• unpretending
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

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