ERSATZ Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

ersatz

adjective

ˈer-ˌsäts

Definition of ersatz

as in faux

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials like everything else the restaurant served, the whipped cream on the dessert was ersatz

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Recent Examples of ersatz The finished product was a combination of Gyllenhaal’s and Sher’s ideas and the ways the performers would make the ersatz world of the film feel real. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026 At Disney, the ersatz world is the commodity that people are buying. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 This inexpensive ersatz version of pizza, which many in postwar Japan couldn’t afford, became a widespread snack sensation. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026 In a world of deepfakes, ersatz eye contact is small beer. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ersatz

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Adjective

Add black ribbon or a handful of faux spider webs for Halloween, and swap out later with autumnal foliage for Thanksgiving.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
But with sneakers strewn in the doorway and a cookbook opened to a specific recipe, the faux house felt lived in.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of faux

Adjective

But if Rodgers and Newton are right about fake vaccination cards being a thing around the NFL at the time, there was apparently much bamboozling being done by a number of people.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
As bait, the researchers created a fake startup, Ballena Azul, which pretended to focus on decentralized finance for large holders of cryptocurrency, which North Koreans have been known to target to fund the country’s regime.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of fake

Adjective

As per the team, the material can be used in soft robots, artificial muscles, wearables, and other shape-changing devices.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Doctors for decades have used scalpels to perform cataract surgery, which involves removing the cataract and replacing the cloudy natural lens with a clear artificial one.

— Phil Galewitz, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of artificial

Adjective

At the end of this testing, the antenna had endured 200 simulated Mars landings and was still working just fine.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
An Arizona demonstration also showed that an artificial-intelligence data center could reduce consumption by 25 percent for three hours during a simulated peak event.

— Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of simulated

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