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fake

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fake

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

  • opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, sheʼll consider wearing only fake furs
Synonyms of fake

artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Words Related to fake

cultured, manufactured, process

unauthentic

adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)

concocted, fabricated

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney)

affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious
Near Antonyms of fake

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

premium, quality, valuable

pure, unadulterated
Antonyms of fake

genuine, natural, real

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

  • arrested for peddling "designer" watches that were fake
Synonyms of fake

bogus, counterfeit, false, forged, inauthentic, phony (also phoney), queer, sham, snide, spurious, unauthentic
Words Related to fake

artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mimic, mock, simulated, substitute, synthetic

dummy, nonfunctioning, ornamental

cultured, fabricated, manufactured

deceptive, delusive, misleading
Near Antonyms of fake

natural

actual, true, valid
Antonyms of fake

authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, unfaked

3 lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

  • the bossʼs pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter
Synonyms of fake

affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
Words Related to fake

automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic

double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous

exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)

cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering

conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden

artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
Near Antonyms of fake

authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true

honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending

easy, effortless, smooth

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudied
Antonyms of fake

artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced

4 not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

  • the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag
Synonyms of fake

artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, feigned, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
Words Related to fake

affected, assumed, claptrap, contrived, forced, mechanical, put-on, simulated, strained, unnatural

empty, hollow, meaningless

deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, untruthful

facile, glib, superficial

bogus, sham

campy, facetious, jocular, tongue-in-cheek

canting, pharisaical, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure
Near Antonyms of fake

direct, forthright, frank, heart-to-heart, open, plain, straightforward
Antonyms of fake

artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned

fake

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fake

1 an imitation that is passed off as genuine

  • experts declared that one of the museumʼs prized paintings was actually a fake
Synonyms of fake

counterfeit, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
Words Related to fake

copycat, knockoff

copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction

dummy, mock-up

fraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindle

simulation, synthetic

bastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy
Near Antonyms of fake

original

2 one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

  • a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake
Synonyms of fake

charlatan, faker, fakir, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
Words Related to fake

copycat, imitator, impersonator, mimic

actor, bluffer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, duper, feigner, misleader, operator, trickster

poseur

cozener, defrauder, dodger, fraudster [chiefly British], scammer, scamster, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler
Near Antonyms of fake

ace, adept, authority, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, past master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard

Synonym Discussion of fake

imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine.
    • their claim of environmental concern is an imposture
fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth.
    • the diary was exposed as a fraud
sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action.
    • condemned the election as a sham
fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty.
    • these jewels are fakes; the real ones are in the vault
humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent.
    • creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public
counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable.
    • 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits

fake

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fake

1 to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive

  • pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot
Synonyms of fake

counterfeit, forge, phony
Words Related to fake

simulate

duplicate, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce

crib, plagiarize

adulterate, doctor, fudge, juggle, manipulate, tamper (with)

concoct, cook (up), fabricate, invent

2 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 of fake

act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, feign, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate
Words Related to fake

dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, pose

forge, imitate

camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask

feint

malinger
Phrases Synonymous with fake

make believe

3 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 of fake

ad-lib, clap (together or up), extemporize, improvise
Words Related to fake

concoct, contrive, cook (up), devise, fabricate, hatch, invent, make up, manufacture, think (up)

cobble (together or up), dash (off)
Near Antonyms of fake

arrange, lay, prepare, ready

consider, contemplate, ponder, study

exercise, practice (also practise), rehearse

4 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 of fake

deke, fake out, juke
Words Related to fake

dodge, evade, sidestep, slip

pump-fake, stutter-step

maneuver (around)

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